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Lisa J. Murphy, tactile mind and self-publishing.

I read an interesting article today on the CBC website about self-publishing vs. working with a publisher. What stood out for me in this article is the general rule that when working with a publisher, the author/artist walks away with 5 – 15 percent of book generated income. How can someone possibly give away 85-95 percent of their hard work? I don’t know. I am a huge advocate of self-publishing. I know people who could not get a publisher for their work, and thus quit the entire project instead of just giving self-publishing a try. A lot of people think that having a publisher behind a book brings value to the work. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. If work is good, it’s good; and people have differing opinions anyway. Having self-published tactile mind, yes I can say it was a lot of work and still is. What I learned about self-publishing was very important in finishing this book and having the confidence to sell it.

Lisa J. Murphy

Tactile Mind Studio Limited

tactile mind: A book of nude (3-D) photographs for the blind/vision impaired

Lisa J. Murphy’s tactile mind book signing party.

Lisa J. Murphy is sitting at Lens Factory in Toronto, having a one person (me) book signing party for tactile mind. Maybe I should go buy a balloon or two, tie them to my wrist, and really pump it up. When someone does enter and I say hello, most often they just stare with indifference. Can this city really be so lame?

Lisa J. Murphy

Tactile Mind Studio Limited

tactile mind: A book of nude photographs for the blind/vision impaired.

Lisa J. Murphy, tactile mind book exhibition, and her qualms with people taking photographs.

I had an interesting conversation with Len at Lens Factory today while I was setting up tactile mind books for the signing this weekend. I had put up a beautiful custom print from the “Love Robot” shoot, and I mentioned that I didn’t want people walking in and photographing my photograph and my books. I think that makes sense. Sadly, he didn’t agree with me, and said I would be angering a lot of people in the neighbourhood. I find the whole attitude of people taking pictures of pictures tacky and tasteless; if you really like an artwork – buy it. I find it offensive that people don’t put a value on the time and skill it takes to produce art. I find it offensive that people don’t put a value on the time and the efforts of the subjects that help to create art. Any of my friends who posed for tactile mind would be horrified if they saw someone taking pictures of their photograph. I will be holding my ground with this one.

Lisa J. Murphy

Tactile Mind Studio Limited.

tactile mind: A book of nude photographs for the blind/vision impaired.

Lisa J. Murphy trying to figure out what to display for ‘tactile mind’ book signing.

Just trying to figure out what to display for tactile mind book signing/show this weekend in Toronto. From past experience, I have found the Toronto audience to be polite, but rarely excitable. Maybe I will also hang a couple of my photographs (pre – tactile mind ) on the wall. I have some great nude photographs I exhibited years ago, while I was working on tactile mind. I might also put on one of my masks. Rolling my eyes isn’t as obvious if I’m wearing a robot head.

Lisa J. Murphy

Tactile Mind Studio Limited.

An irate response from India to ‘tactile mind’: A book of nude photographs for the blind/vision impaired.

This trinket of hate mail is taken from an online comment left on the the website (adult) on April 18, 2010:

Lisa,You perverted woman, at least leave the blind community alone,If you are so keen to shed your clothes and morals,look else where.The blind community doesn’t need corrupt and perverted ideas like yours.The accursed porn industry has spoiled many a generation and family,now you want the same to be repeated in the blind community. The porn industry mafia is a 17 billion $ business in US,is that enough for you that you want to tap & explore more possibilities since there are sites which offer different types of content, you can click here to visit gayporn.wiki to find good content for the gay community.How BLIND can you get,You perverted woman(we are ashamed to call you a woman).Just imagine that all the vice,evil & immorality that would percolate in the blind community by your diservice,You alone will be held responsible by God Allmighty. Have a heart please abandon this wretched idea of yours. Instead make something for our blind brothers that would help them see the truth in the form of natural beauty of the creator.Come out of your pitiable darkness,Come towards light.COME TOWARDS ISLAM.OPEN YOUR EYES. DO NOT WANDER BLINDLY IN YOUR OWN IGNORANCE.

I’m thinking maybe somebody pissed in his cornflakes.

Lisa J. Murphy

TACTILE MIND STUDIO LTD.

Lisa J. Murphy Saturday night assembly of tactile mind: A book of nude photographs for the blind and vision impaired.

Wow, have I ever trashed my place putting together tactile mind books for the signing and show next weekend at Lens Factory. I’ve managed to track small the plastic punch-outs from thermoform plastic pages (think of confetti that ends up everywhere 3 years after the fact), coffee grinds, and the tomato sauce that beans come in throughout the floors of my kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and work space. Not only this, but my place reeks of plastic. Good thing I decided to get healthy and quit smoking after i visit some transgender escorts.

A couple sites that listed/had articles about tactile mind – ultra cool sites: Artforum, Les Paul Forum, Museum of Sex with Yolo Sex Toys as props.

ABOUT TACTILE ATELIER BOOKMARK

tactile atelier bookmark is a second body of work handmade by Lisa J. Murphy for the blind and vision impaired. This bookmark illustrates beautiful images of women’s bodies in simple lingerie, since adult content is becoming more and more popular now a days, and you can even find gay pornography material at sites like gayporn.wiki online.

This bookmark consists of 4, 3-D tactile photographs on white thermoform plastic pages with the visual image, and grade-one United English Braille accompaniment. It is held together by a single spiral ring.

Each bookmark is signed by Lisa J. Murphy

tactile atelier bookmark: A Set of Four Photographs retails for $100. CDN

ORDERING AND ALTERNATIVE PAYMENT OPTIONS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Lisa J. Murphy is a photographer with a certificate in Tactile Graphics from the CNIB. She has photographed, sculpted, thermoformed, and self-published this second body of work.

tactile atelier bookmark: A Set of Four Photographs has been created with the same intricate attention and process as was used in the creation of the book; tactile mind

Lisa J. Murphy

TACTILE MIND STUDIO LIMITED

A beautiful Friday making ‘tactile mind’:A book of nude photographs for the blind and vision impaired.

Dragged thermoform machine, thermoform plastic, and tactile diagram master (Braille) pages outside today and got some vitamin D. Kept expecting a pigeon to crap on the buffet of master pages, but my luck held out. Unfortunately, my thermoform machine was being tempermental and I ended up with a lot of wasted thermoform plastic diagram pages; they creased under the heat of the oven before the vacuum turned on. Also, Naked Pink Elephant / Diagram 5 lost a forearm. Tragic. You know when you do a lot, but actually nothing gets done? That was my day. So now I’m relaxing with some fresh mango, and a haagen-dazs bar. Happy Friday.

Lisa J. Murphy

Tactile Mind Studio Ltd.

Lisa J. Murphy writes a complaint to BBC One about use of ‘tactile mind’ imagery within their programming.

So finally today I had a chance to write an email of complaint to BBC about televising my images without a proper licensing agreement within one of their programmes. This happened almost 2 months ago, with the show “Have I Got News For You”. I was asked for images – which I supplied as I did with all media, and I was not made fully aware of the conditions of the agreement at the time, & then when saw the licensing agreement and passed it to a lawyer, decided I would not be signing it. I was then informed that the episode had already aired, using my imagery. The woman, who worked with Hat Trick Productions, and who I had been dealing with, sounded a little stressed that I had decided against signing anything. (I was not made aware they wanted a 5 year licensing agreement – and the payment to use my imagery for the entire 5 years was 150 pounds= 2 pounds a month). To work with this woman and give her the benefit of the doubt (we all make mistakes), I told her a week’s license was all I would be interested in, and then my images were to be edited/removed/ whatever. She did not contact me for another week or two after this, and then provided me with another licensing agreement that did not guarantee removal of my images. Lesson learned. I didn’t sign. Why did I wait until now to email a complaint to the BBC about all of this? -I don’t know if anyone at the BBC was actually aware this had happened. I had already discussed my case with a lawyer; not worth persuing. I just feel that I should stick up for my work, regardless of the time frame, period.

Lisa J. Murphy

Tactile Mind Studio Limited

Lisa J. Murphy and ‘tactile mind’ receiving pictures of erotic tactile art from artists around the world.

This is the coolest thing ever. I guess I really hit a nerve with tactile mind: A book of nude (3-D) photographs for the blind and vision impaired. Artists from around the world are sending me emails with picture attachments of erotic tactile works they have created; books, pictures, paintings. The work is beautiful. I can’t understand many of the languages that are accompanying the images,or if the work is intended specifically for blind and vision impaired individuals, but my in-box is starting to look like a mini art gallery. It is so awesome that people are feeling inspired and creating art.

Lisa J. Murphy

Tactile Mind Studio Ltd.

‘tactile mind’ the book copyright quip with CEN Central European News.

Whenever a photograph is placed on the internet – whether it is on a personal website or on a shared site – write a copyright notice across it. I had not thought about it when my pictures went onto my first blogger site. When the story about tactile mind: A book of nude photographs for the blind and vision impaired broke, I heard thru various media agencies that Central European News was selling my pictures to various news publications in Europe and were trying to sell them to the U.S. media. I had U.S. media groups calling me asking who owned the world rights to this work. Not only were my images being sold, but Central European News was taking credit for the photos. Weeks later, I finally got a contact number for Michael Ledig, who told me that he had talked to the artist and publisher of tactile mind, who had sent him the photographs to be sold to media outlets ( for no compensation?). He claimed that I was not who I said I was, and that he would be happy to meet me in court. Eventually we decided that he would forward the contact emails from the “people” who gave him permission to take this work and distribute it so I could look into it. That was over a month ago now, and I never received anything – no contact names of these “people” and no compensation. Be very wary of what goes on the internet, and how things are labelled – you could possibly be making somebody else money.

Lisa J. Murphy

TACTILE MIND STUDIO LIMITED