What It Is
What It Is by Lynda Barry, published by Drawn & Quarterly Publications on May 13, 2008, is an illustrated exploration of artistic creation. This 208-page book delves into how objects can evoke memories and the sensations of real images, showcasing Barry’s unique ability to blend words and visuals. Through a series of vibrant collages, the book presents a creative method that is both playful and accessible, inviting readers to engage with their own artistic impulses.
Readers will find that What It Is serves as both a guide and an example of the creative process. Each page is filled with new material that encourages exploration and reflection, emphasizing the idea that the ordinary can be seen as extraordinary. The book’s focus on comics and graphic novels enriches its approach, making it a valuable resource for anyone interested in writing or remembering through art.
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“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.”
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