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| What It Is | 
 enlarge | Author: Lynda Barry
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 1550
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 209
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1897299354
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9781897299357
ASIN: 1897299354
Publication Date: May 13, 2008
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A guide on remembering June 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
One 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 recall the earliest phone number you had and try to picture that phone seem so simple, but take you to places that you'd long forgotten.
Like everything by Barry, it's humane and masterful and compassionate and smart. A wonderful addition to any artist's desk.
Writing as Adventure June 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is an amazing book. I have had the privilege of studying writing with Lynda Barry and all her encouragement, her insight, her quirky humor and unique exercises are right in this book. It is part comic, part collage, and part writing workshop. No other writing book takes the same creative approach or challenges our tired assumptions in the same liberating way. Every page delights with both art and heart. Buy it, treasure it, spend long afternoons examining and playing. Not a moment will be wasted.
what it is July 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I 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.
A Reminder to PLAY! June 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Lynda Barry is such an inspiration and all her publications are moving, hysterical, intense and inspiring. Her latest, "What It Is" is no exception. Through pages of wild collage, drawings, and her signature comic style Lynda guides us through a wild journey of creation. She asks us all to step out of the usual boxes we put ourselves in and try new ways of writing and creating. The main focus of the book is writing, but I find it visually so stimulating that I immediately want to go make some art after looking at it. It's a really fun book full of many invitations to play. I think it would be great for any creative person who is feeling stuck!
Unspeakably Fun: A cheering treasure chest of fully operational mood transformers! June 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This life enhancing activity toybox of a book does not merely instruct, it transcends, uplifts, jumps levels, like a good fairy tale. Follow Lynda Barry's breadcrumb trail through the tangled forest of Creativity to uncover your own treasure chest of images, stories, and creative insights. This book is Lynda Barry's Gingerbread Cottage---with full instructions on how to bake and decorate your own. Five stars? Not nearly enough!
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