How to enjoy great literature without all the pesky words
Making art out of punctuation. Period.
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What would a literary classic look like if you were to take all of the words out of it? Kinda beautiful, actually. Quote, comma, comma, exclamation point, end quote!
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That's the premise behind Between the Words, a project by web developer and data artist Nicholas Rougeux. He reduced literary works to the punctuation used, in the order they appeared and in one continuous line, to create a visual representation of the work.
To see more examples of Nicholas' work, you can visit his website.