Monster Mash

An abstract black-and red painting covering a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

my dearest

An illustration depicting a blue house with yellow swirls and stars coming from its chimney and gathering in the dark sky. Painted across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible and emphasized to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

as / faith

An illustration of yellow stars against a swirling pink and blue background, painted across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible and emphasized to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

tenderness

A pastel illustration of bright stars and flares against a pale blue background, painted across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible and emphasized to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

occupied by exploded systems

A black, purple, and red illustration of roses against an abstract background, painted across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible and emphasized to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

blooming

A silhouette of trees and buildings against a night sky, painted across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible and emphasized to create a new poetic message against the blue and black art piece.

the moon’s beams

A portrait of two embracing abstract creatures against a dark blue background, painted across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible and emphasized to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

my fellow-creatures

An worm's-eye view of a forest painted across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible and emphasized to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

let me taste

An depiction of a cat pushing a vase off of a table, painted across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

was this his first crime?

An abstract depiction of the night sky with eyes painted across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

beautiful figures

A marker and charcoal portrait of a girl in the woods drawn across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

deeply smitten

A portrait of a hand holding a large flame drawn in charcoal and colored pencil across page 183 of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible and emphasized to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

the / burning

A portrait of flowers sprouting from a skull drawn in blue pen across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been left visible to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

the state of your mind

Various images of penguins drawn in pencil across a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words of the original text have been highlighted in blue to create a new poetic message against the art piece. The remainder of the text has been obscured with black marker.

cold

A digital art piece portraying two cats in the woods at night. Overlayed atop a page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". Select words have been left visible to create a new poetic message against the art piece.

the trees

CHAPTER I

A drawing of a butterfly landing on a person's hand. Drawn in black pen and marker. Drawn on page 56 of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".

Blackout drawing 3

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The background is predominantly painted over with an image of a pink room with a green sofa. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the painted background.

I distinctly discerned

This image shows a blackout poetry piece with a header reading "PREFACE*", created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page is predominantly covered with a spliced image of a man levitating a woman. The original text behind this cut-up image is mostly obscured with dark red marker, with select words and phrases left visible, creating a new poetic message against the collaged background.

PREFACE*

This image shows a blackout poetry piece with a header reading "Once Upon a Time There Was Truth", created from a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. Select words and phrases have been cut from the page, reordered into a new poetic message, and pasted onto a background image of a black bird. Images of women and stars decorate the page.

Once upon a time there was truth

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created from multiple pages of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. Various warm-toned vintage images line the margins of the pages, decorated in Sharpie markings. Select words and phrases have circled and outlined, emphasizing a new poetic message against the original blocks of text.

I meant / to please

This image shows a blackout poetry piece with a header reading "FROM THE PAGES OF FRANKENSTEIN", created from a page of Mary Shelley’s novel. Select words and phrases have been cut from the page, reordered into a new poetic message, and pasted onto a new background; a black-and-white image of train tracks above a body of water.

FROM THE PAGES OF FRANKENSTEIN

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created from a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page has been pasted onto a black background. The majority of the original text has been covered in a white page that was stapled on top of the page of "Frankenstein", with a few strategic cutouts that reveal select words and phrases, creating a new poetic message against the black background.

fixed expectation

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created from a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page has been pasted onto a collaged background which appears to form the shape of a house. The majority of the original text has been drawn over with black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the collaged background.

in / silent / gentle / grief

This image shows a blackout poetry piece with a header reading "MAY 15, 2026", created on pages 174 and 173 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly drawn over with black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the darkened background.

grasp, / and action

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 48 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly drawn over with black pen. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered and circled for emphasis, creating a new poetic message against the original text.

muscles, and veins, still remained

Page 156 of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". The majority of the text is legible and untouched, other than a few words obscured by red marker and a large drawing of a heart in the center of the page, which only reveals the words "examined concering / north win that had / beaten / nearly the same / that it". Illustrations of flowers drawn across the bottom paragraphs of the page. Polka-dot tape lining the margins, and rainbow gems decorating the perimeter of the page.

The son confirmed his father’s account

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page is predominantly inked out in black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered and highlighted in pink, creating a new poetic message against the dark background. Images of flowers are pasted at the bottom of the page.

off questions

Page 161 of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". The text is almost completely covered by black floral paper clippings and images of butterflies and women. Select parts of the paragraphs are left uncovered, but are cropped in a way that renders them difficult to read.

Blackout Collage

Page 10 of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein". The text is untouched, reading: "introduced any new ideas or circumstances. I have mended the language where it was so bald as to interfere with the interest of the narrative; and these changes occur almost exclusively in the beginning of the first volume. Throughout they are entirely confined to such parts as are mere adjuncts to the story, leaving the core and substance of it untouched. / London / October 15, 1831". Images of wildlife and gothic decorative clippings pasted below the text. Red gems pasted on each corner of the page.

Blackout Collage 2

A page of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" with select words blacked out in purple marker, leaving the majority of each paragraph untouched but slightly altered. Drawings of hearts and bolts in purple, blue, and gray marker along the margins.

would fade

An illustration of music notes flowing across the page in a purple wave. In the bottom left corner, an illustration of a foot with green, yellow, and pink toes. Written in black pen across the page: "*It's Alive! Frankenstein at 200 10/12/18 The Morgan Library NYC when my eyes behold an eerie sight for my *10/31/18 Reader" Written and drawn on page 71 of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".

*It’s Alive!

An illustration of purple, pink, blue, green, and yellow swirls & music notes. Multicolored glitter flower stickers pasted across the page. Drawn on page 157 of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".

Blackout Drawing 2

An illustration of orange, green, blue, gold, and pink swirls & music notes. Drawn on page 18 of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".

Blackout Drawing

An illustration of a Frankenstein-monster-style Hello Kitty beside a large red candle. The figure is being struck by lightning and walking atop buried bones. Drawn on top of page 19 of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein".

Franken-Kitty

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 186 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly drawn over with fuchsia marker, and images of the Eiffel Tower have been collaged across the obscured parts of the text. Select words and phrases have been left visible and circled, creating a new poetic message.

render them