The Modernist #55 - The Ordinary

The Modernist #55 - The Ordinary

'For this issue, I chose ORDINARY as the theme and picked writers, poets, photographers and illustrators I’d like to be stuck in a (paternoster) lift with.

In a world where AI is blurring boundaries between genuine pizzazz and code-generateddigital sparkle, ordinary is nourishing. It’s cheese on toast. A three-pin plug. Great social housing. A shelf. Only an idiot mistakes the ordinary for average. Behind every slice of excellent ordinaryness is a brainiac on a mission. There’s nowhere to hide shit workmanship in something simple, something ordinary.

Overlooked, plain and occasionally boring, I want you to pause and examine that wooden clothes peg. Study a milk bottle. Think again about pebbledash. Cast aside the jazzy stuff for a minute and put the ordinary on a pedestal. As Ferris Bueller once said, "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."

I hope the essays, interviews, articles and pictures that follow will give you the nudge we all need to breathe in the everyday beauty of ordinary things.

A massive, loving thank you to everyone who contributed. You are all far from ordinary.'

LEANNE CLOUDSDALE
Guest Editor

• 72 pages b&w and colour
• 200mm x 200mm
• Perfect bound