John Jonik

===Schizonyms===

===Schizonyms===

Jonik's background growing up with parents in academia and his lifelong interest in [[word game]]s and [[crossword]] puzzles led him to invent the ''schizonym'',<ref name="jo22">Jonik, John (2022). ''Schizonyms: Words with Dual Personalities''. AuthorHouse. {{ISBN|9781665571098}}. {{OCLC|1352037398}}.</ref> a [[visual pun]] based on two words derived from a single word with the removal of the first letter, giving it multiple meanings.<ref name="sum"/> The "dual personality" of the word is then used to create a singular artwork with a visual pun combining both. For example, a "beagle" is expressed by Jonik as an image of an eagle with the head of a dog. In its right talons it carries an olive branch, and in its left, dog bones (to chew). For the word "bass", Jonik creates an image of a donkey, complete with head and four legs, swimming underwater with the body of a sunfish.<ref name="jo22"/> Jonik invented enough of these illustrations to publish a book featuring his collected work in 2022.<ref name="sum"/>

Jonik's background growing up with parents in academia and his lifelong interest in [[word game]]s and [[crossword]] puzzles led him to invent the ''schizonym'',<ref name="jo22">Jonik, John (2022). ''Schizonyms: Words with Dual Personalities''. AuthorHouse. {{ISBN|9781665571098}}. {{OCLC|1352037398}}.</ref> a [[visual pun]] based on two words derived from a single word with the removal of the first letter, giving it multiple meanings.<ref name="sum"/> The "dual personality" of the word is then used to create a singular artwork with a visual pun combining both.<ref name="sum"/>

For example, a "beagle" is expressed by Jonik as an image of an eagle with the head of a dog. In its right talons it carries an olive branch, and in its left, dog bones (to chew). For the word "bass", Jonik creates an image of a donkey, complete with head and four legs, swimming underwater with the body of a sunfish.<ref name="jo22"/> Jonik invented enough of these illustrations to publish a book featuring his collected work in 2022.<ref name="sum"/>

==Personal life==

==Personal life==