Lamentations
Grief is a normal, healthy, integral, yet difficult and disheartening facet of human
existence. We normally think of it as an individual experience, but it also occurs
collectively. In Lamentations, Ray Maseman uses collage to explore grief through
interacting with the Old Testament Lamentations of Jeremiah.

The collages in this book represent a dialogue with the five chapters of Lamentations,
filtered through concerns about climate change, isolation, and dislocation. Rather than
illustrating the text, the layers of text, texture, and imagery connect ancient experiences
of collective loss to contemporary ones.

The elements of chance and serendipity inherent in collage mirror the sometimes
unpredictable pathways of grief. The playfulness of collage provides fertile ground for
Maseman's trademark whimsicality and creates possibilities for Hope and Joy even
within dark times.
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Lamentations
Grief is a normal, healthy, integral, yet difficult and disheartening facet of human
existence. We normally think of it as an individual experience, but it also occurs
collectively. In Lamentations, Ray Maseman uses collage to explore grief through
interacting with the Old Testament Lamentations of Jeremiah.

The collages in this book represent a dialogue with the five chapters of Lamentations,
filtered through concerns about climate change, isolation, and dislocation. Rather than
illustrating the text, the layers of text, texture, and imagery connect ancient experiences
of collective loss to contemporary ones.

The elements of chance and serendipity inherent in collage mirror the sometimes
unpredictable pathways of grief. The playfulness of collage provides fertile ground for
Maseman's trademark whimsicality and creates possibilities for Hope and Joy even
within dark times.
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Lamentations

Lamentations

by Ray Maseman
Lamentations

Lamentations

by Ray Maseman

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Overview

Grief is a normal, healthy, integral, yet difficult and disheartening facet of human
existence. We normally think of it as an individual experience, but it also occurs
collectively. In Lamentations, Ray Maseman uses collage to explore grief through
interacting with the Old Testament Lamentations of Jeremiah.

The collages in this book represent a dialogue with the five chapters of Lamentations,
filtered through concerns about climate change, isolation, and dislocation. Rather than
illustrating the text, the layers of text, texture, and imagery connect ancient experiences
of collective loss to contemporary ones.

The elements of chance and serendipity inherent in collage mirror the sometimes
unpredictable pathways of grief. The playfulness of collage provides fertile ground for
Maseman's trademark whimsicality and creates possibilities for Hope and Joy even
within dark times.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798317696146
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 07/08/2025
Pages: 44
Product dimensions: 11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

Ray Maseman is a teacher, printmaker, and collage artist. Born in 1969
in Des Plaines, Illinois, he grew up in the Chicago suburbs and received
his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the University of Denver.
After over three decades in the intermountain West, he returned to the
Lake Michigan watershed in 2020.


Maseman’s etchings and collages have been exhibited internationally
and are in numerous public and private collections around the world.

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