Furry Logic: A Guide to Life's Little Challenges
by Jane Seabrook
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Author: Jane SeabrookEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-12-23
ISBN: 1580085695
Number of pages: 80
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
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- ISBN13: 9781580085694
- Condition: New
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Book Review: "Never Eat More Than You Can Lift..."
Summary: 5 Stars
Created by New Zealand-based illustrator Jane Seabrook, "Furry Logic" is a collection of quotations and watercolour paintings that manages to be beautiful, useful, and heartwarming all at once. Though it is a small book (probably the length and height of one hand-span) it is full of amusing quotes and gorgeous illustrations of the animal kingdom.
According to the Artist's Notes at the back, the paintings were created by carefully building up colours in darker shades until the details are added in with "a tiny sable brush with a single hair at its tip." Needless to say, the detail is amazing, right down to the feathers, strands of fur, whiskers and the traceries of an iris. As Seabrook tells us, she starts with the eyes for every rendering, proving that "eyes are the windows to the soul," even in animals.
The real charm of the illustrations is that the animals are not "cutesified," either by anthropomorphising them, or relying on fuzzy baby animals. They are accurately rendered portrayals of their species, and yet at the same time there is a humanity and warmth to them that would not be present if they were simply photographs. Seabrook has somehow managed to catch the personality and expression that sometimes emerges in animals that makes them seem as though there are conscious thoughts going on behind their eyes.
Although, this may just have something to do with the quote they're matched with; in which case we have a wide-eyed meekcat with the words: "I am not tense. Just terribly, terribly alert," and a harangued looking possum covered in her babies matched up with: "The moment you have children, you forgive your parents everything." We'd be here all day if I listed all my favourites.
This makes a lovely little gift, or as an addition for your own coffee table. Just yesterday I found a use for it: passing it on to a visitor who had had a bad day at work and who soon had a smile on her face.
Summary of Furry Logic: A Guide to Life's Little Challenges
Guaranteed to coax a smile from the grumpiest of grumps, FURRY LOGIC is a charming little book with a big heart and sly humor. Exquisitely detailed watercolor paintings depicting animals caught up in the joy and drudgery of life are paired with old adages given a new spin for our times. Tender thoughts such as ?Smile first thing in the morning?get it over with,? ?If you don't agree with me?it means you haven't been listening,? and ?You'll always be my best friend?you know too much? go a long way toward banishing the blahs and shaking off the blues. Designer and illustrator Jane Seabrook's 40 universally appealing paintings of birds, bears, penguins, chipmunks, frogs, baboons, and more are rendered in delicate and biologically accurate detail using a tiny sable brush with a single hair at its tip. In the spirit of international best-seller The Blue Day Book, FURRY LOGIC speaks to the human condition in a way we can all relate to and feel good about.A humorous collection of quotes and drawings that turns life's little challenges into opportunities for laughter.An ideal gift for Mother's or Father's Day, birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, or for no reason at all.Motivational Books
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