Wednesday, May 14, 2008

This is WHAT IT IS


I have loved Lynda Barry's work since high school. It's funny, it's true, it's orginal, it's beautiful. I worshipped her until I took a class from her. Then I learned from her.

I believe in her work and I believe in her method. Her newest book, What It Is, is about her ideas and methods that she teaches. If you love art and if you want to find a very cool way to write easily and become intimate with your own mind, this BOOK IS FOR YOU.

Frankly, we need this book. Frankly, as an artist who was once told that her work is "too much"--I needed this book. It's visually NUTS. It's also true and beautiful.

GO AND GET IT.