Poetic Obituaries: "Illustration, like translation, is risky business,"

Mr. [Michael] Mazur wrote of his collaborations with the poet Robert Pinsky, whose translations of Dante he augmented visually. "At worst, illustrations can sidetrack the reader by introducing ideas or images that change the meaning of the text, skew its tone, diminish its impact. At its best, though, illustration is a reinvention."

from The Boston Globe: Michael Mazur; artist reinvigorated monotype; 73

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