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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9781897299357 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1897299354 Label: Drawn and Quarterly Manufacturer: Drawn and Quarterly Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 209 Publication Date: May 13, 2008 Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly Release Date: May 13, 2008 Studio: Drawn and Quarterly Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: “Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A+” —Salon How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? For decades, these types of questions have permeated the pages of Lynda Barry’s compositions, with words attracting pictures and conjuring places through a pen that first and foremost keeps on moving. What It Is demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or to remember. Composed of completely new material, each page of Barry’s first Drawn & Quarterly book is a full-color collage that is not only a gentle guide to this process but an invigorating example of exactly what it is: “The ordinary is extraordinary.” Average Rating:
 Rating: - Way exceeded my expectations! The coolest book I own!I ordered this after reading about it on Kelly Kilmer's blog, where she highly praised this repeatedly and made me think that I was missing out on something wonderful if I didn't buy it. So I bought it, and what I found out is that I had been missing out on something wonderful!! I couldn't be more happy that I bought this book! First of all this book surprised me in that it is nicely sized 8.5 x 11 (approx) and it's much THICKER than I had imaged it, and it's HARDCOVER.(I was ... Read More Rating: - Amazing BookI am an artist-teacher, and I wish someone had presented this information to me sooner. The book has a front section that is sort of an artistic, stream of consciousness, diaristic account of Lynda Barry's own creative life. Followed by a workbook, which I didn't have any specific expectations about, but I was sitting there following the steps, and it was pretty amazing how effective the method Barry advocates is. It took me off guard, and I think I am going to use it next week in the ... Read More Rating: - what it isI recommend this to anyone who loves Linda Barry. This book is supposedto be a condensed version of her wrtining workshop. Mostly, it is L. B. collages and drawings. It explores many of the issues that arise during the creative process. Rating: - A guide on rememberingOne of the most important aspects of writing anything-- memoir, fiction, poetry--is the ability to remember. Sounds simple, but we forget so much naturally and are actively encouraged to forget what doesn't suit the needs of any particular group, usually family. Lynda Barry's wonderful primer on how to being to probe the images of your life is just grand and will doubtless serve many artists and writers as they explore their lives and the lives of others. An exercise as simple as try to ... Read More Rating:  - what is itLynda Barry is idiosyncratic, funny, dreamy, hardcore etc. etc. She's also a practicing pragmatist. Anyone needing a refresher course on disassembling the obstacles to creativity could probably benefit from this book. The collages are elaborate, beautiful and tender but I think I actually like the hand drawn asides that bring the reader into the world of the artist's upbringing and self-talk, the area at which she's always excelled. It's by being herself that Barry becomes Everyman for every man and ... Read More 
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