Gripping Footage

A current project is painting out the text (actually the entire page) of The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas as i read (ie, read a page, paint it out, read next page, etc). That's one thing (with many levels of meaning that i will write about) but i'm also deciding to embrace or at least try documentation. i had been leary of this for a while even though it was constantly recommended to me. i thought it would feel self-conscious, egotistical, and a more literal "proof" than i wanted (i thought i wanted to the finished object to be proof enough). But i thought i would give it a shot. Behold the exciting action packed shots of Niki reading! (note the forehead crease, jeez, it's not that hard of a book!)
I'm documenting some other actions that i will post this week as i finish up. They will probably give more insight to the entire group of work. But i'm starting to push away from the stringent truth model, and my reasons are complicated but i'll try to get into them next time. Anyway, one direction this easing-up has allowed me to take is the realm of non-original documents (like mass-produced texts as opposed to personal snapshots). I tried to describe it in this way: The snapshots are more the actual real-life object, but the books are more metaphor therefore they are more abstract. I'm going to stop trying to explain that thought for now because i can tell it's not going anywhere. I will try again. If anyone has any idea what i'm trying to get at, let me know.