I'm a fan of a good piece of fiction. The type that takes the creative conscience into a new world where the concepts of reality are skewed ever so slightly, so that we may better understand the real world.
Dave Egger's masterpiece The Wild Things, blew my mind. No no...it sent my mind to a far off island where it was eaten by beasts. It's loosely based on Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, but takes us further into Max's crazy wolf world.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that this is a children's book. Although this book is full of whimsy it is also a stunningly powerful read about the true nature of the creative mind. The characters are the stories best feature; they make the beasts more than hulking masses of fur. They turn into these round characters, who have feelings, emotions, and opinions like a human being. Of course, they do have the occasional conversation about eating each other, but really, who doesn't?
Dave Egger's masterpiece The Wild Things, blew my mind. No no...it sent my mind to a far off island where it was eaten by beasts. It's loosely based on Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, but takes us further into Max's crazy wolf world.
Don't make the mistake of thinking that this is a children's book. Although this book is full of whimsy it is also a stunningly powerful read about the true nature of the creative mind. The characters are the stories best feature; they make the beasts more than hulking masses of fur. They turn into these round characters, who have feelings, emotions, and opinions like a human being. Of course, they do have the occasional conversation about eating each other, but really, who doesn't?
Hey...you know what's strange? i was updating my blog...and I came over to your blog...and you hadn't updated...then I went back to my blog...then I came back to yours because it has pretty pictures...and you had updated...which means you were updating while I was updating...CRAZY...also, I use way to many points of elipses...
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