What It Is

What It Is
by Lynda Barry

What It Is
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Book Summary Information

Author: Lynda Barry
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-13
ISBN: 1897299354
Number of pages: 209
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
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Book Reviews of What It Is

Book Review: Wonderful book
Summary: 5 Stars

This is an astonishing book.
It is beautiful to look at.
It is beautiful to read.
And it is profound.

You can't skip over this book. It takes some work and it draws you in.
It is multi-layered and I'm still happily digging in it.

Summary of What It Is

"Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A+" -Salon
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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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