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Artist Dick Crispo reveals his shift from human figures to letterforms, turning his own initials into active, humanized shapes. He breaks down how R’s points and rounds, C’s cupped softness, and B’s high-profile presence become living characters rather than mere symbols. Crispo discusses BOO—a compact utterance that “talks to itself” without quotation marks—and how each letter holds its own personality.

Linking this exploration to his Conversations series, he shows how larger mask-like shapes contain dialogues inside and out, and how subtle color choices—like a yellow ear echoing across the face—create balance. Throughout, Crispo emphasizes process, revision, and one guiding principle: shapes must be alive, never static. This is an alphabet that moves, breathes, and becomes part of a larger story.

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