In what delightful alternate universe would a salt shaker be reading Catcher in the Rye or a chair sit hunched over a copy of Jane Austen’s Emma? We have no absolutely no idea, but we want to go to there.
“There’s something very personal about books, so to have inanimate objects reading specific titles seemed like a pretty amusing idea worth exploring,” Marc Johns writes of his most recent series of drawings. Because we found it physically impossible to pick out a favorite, the Canadian artist has graciously allowed us to share them all with you! Click through to check ’em out, and leave your suggestions for future author/object pairings in the comments.
Salt shaker reading J.D. Salinger by Marc Johns. 8×10 Signed Print, $20
Bananas reading Shakespeare by Marc Johns. 8×10 Signed Print, $20
Orange reading David Foster Wallace by Marc Johns. 8×10 Signed Print, $20
Globe reading Henry David Thoreau by Marc Johns. 8×10 Signed Print, $20
http://shop.marcjohns.com/collections/prints/products/chair-reading-jane-austen-signed-print Chair reading Jane Austen by Marc Johns. 8×10 Signed Print, $20
Electrical outlet reading Proust by Marc Johns. 8×10 Signed Print, $20
Log reading Shakespeare by Marc Johns. 8×10 Signed Print, $20
Ruler reading Oscar Wilde by Marc Johns. 8×10 Signed Print, $20
Frying pan reading Walt Whitman by Marc Johns. 8×10 Signed Print, $20