Subject-Verb-Object by Ellen KnudsonThe concept behind the book stems from the frustration and anger I feel towards art criticism and other academic writing. Academic language seems intended to control its audience, exclude "outsiders", and is not meant to clarify the subject for a reader. It takes the beauty and passion out of language and, in turn, out of people. Subject Verb Object pokes at this idea by doing something similar: it uses simplistic language and structure to force the