Hi, I’m from the publisher. Thanks for your thoughtful review of the book!
As you say, Colter chose the stories for the book – all of the texts in the series are chosen by the artists.
A couple more images from the book:
http://www.corvi-mora.com/colterjacobsen//18.jpg
http://www.corvi-mora.com/colterjacobsen//1.jpg
Most of the images were created specifically for the book. A few Colter chose from existing works as these stories and their themes had been buzzing around in his head for a while. And the book had a reasonably long gestation process, so a few images created with the book in mind also appeared in shows in the run-up to publication.