What It Is
What It Is by Lynda Barry, published by Drawn & Quarterly Publications on May 7, 2024, is a reprint edition featuring 216 pages in English. This book explores the relationship between objects and memories, delving into the nature of images and the past through Barry’s unique artistic lens. With a focus on creativity, Barry employs a playful and accessible approach that invites readers to engage with their own imaginative processes.
In this exploratory workbook, readers will find a blend of confessional writing and memoir, complemented by vibrant full-color collages and pen-and-ink drawings on Barry’s signature legal paper. The content serves as a gentle guide to the creative process, encouraging anyone with a curious mind to write or reflect. What It Is emphasizes the idea that the ordinary can be extraordinary, making it a valuable resource for those interested in comics, graphic novels, and literary exploration.
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Lynda Barry’s bestselling treatise on creativity, What It Is, is now available in paperback
How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? What is an image? What is the past? For decades, these 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. Barry’s What It Is demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive mind who wishes to write or to remember.
In this exploratory workbook, confessional, and memoir each page is a full-color collage that is a gentle guide to the creative process packed full ofswirling collaged images with pen and ink drawings on Barry’s signature legal paper. Barry’s award winning book is an invigorating example of exactly what it is: “The ordinary is extraordinary.”
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