PERFECTION

Ocean Beach, Dunedin, New Zealand, late 1950s

The Pocketbook of Love  Mouna Kalla-Sacranie (2016)

This is a handmade, hand-bound, handbook, made with the intention of capturing the essence of what love - in all its many forms - can feel like. The idea for this handbook came to me a few months ago, when I came across this post in which by poet/writer Naveed Khan ( @navk​ ) was asked to describe love - without using the word love. I was so moved after reading his descriptions, I felt compelled to ask him if he would allow me to illustrate his words. He said yes, and so the Pocketbook of Love was born.

He broke his definition of love into the following six pairs which constitute the ‘chapters’ of this book:

1. warmth and luminescence 2. comfort and compassion 3. trust and empathy 4. support and security 5. passion and affection 6. nostalgia and longing.