In the not-too-distant future, a mysterious fog suddenly descends upon Humanity, quickly becoming a condition with which the population must learn to coexist. The search for its causes and a possible solution highlights the fragility of modern man and the limits of a society increasingly disconnected from its own environment. A new perception of the world becomes essential, one which will pave the way to a rediscovery of beauty and, at the same time, a true freedom.

"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially—statistically speaking—there aren't any people like that. Geniuses get made once-a-century or so, yet good art gets made all the time, so to equate the making of art with the workings of genius removes this intimately human activity to a strangely unreachable and unknowable place. For all practical ...

"Fifty-one columns, short in length but long on wisdom" from the bestselling author of My Brilliant Friend, an HBO original series ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune).Collected here for the first time are the seeds of future novels, the timely reflections of this internationally beloved storyteller, the abiding preoccupations of a writer who has been called "one of the great novelists of our time" ( The New York Times)."This is my...

In the perennial best-seller Art & Fear, Ted Orland (with David Bayles) examined the obstacles that artists encounter each time they enter their studio and stand before a new blank canvas. Now, in The View From The Studio Door, Orland turns his attention to broader issues that stand to either side of that artistic moment of truth.In a text marked by grace, brevity and humor, Orland argues that when it comes to art making, theory and practice are always intertwined...

A deeply personal reflection from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Namesake that explores the art of the book jacket from the perspectives of both reader and writer.How do you clothe a book? Probing the complex relationships between text and image, author and designer, and art and commerce, Lahiri delves into the role of the uniform; explains what book jackets and design have come to mean to her; and how, sometimes, “the covers become a part of me....

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about persuasive communication with this practical guide.Communicating persuasively without being manipulative is an art form, and while everybody is capable of mastering this technique, it does take practice and persistence to get it right. This guide will give you all the tools you need to develop your capacity to convince in both a professional and personal environment, as well as ...

Bending Light is a fine art image book created by award winning nature photographer Mark Lissick. It contains 59 unique and innovative images that blur the boundary between photography and art while taking you on a visual journey of creativity. Using flowers as the source of color, shape, and tone, they become the paintbrushes to produce sweeping color and line on a digital canvas. The book is a compilation of a four year journey in creative thought as Mark was photographing in the estate ...

A wooden model and a city. A large wooden model of a valuable church and a small city that is perhaps still unsure of itself. The clash between these two completely independent and autonomous realities opens up a path of inquiry that deserves to be followed, if only out of a legitimate and very human sense of curiosity. The following pages intend to follow this path, this itinerary marked out within the sphere of knowledge.

Acting; Find Your VoiceFrom script to performance, learn how an actor creates a character from scratch and brings the role to life off the pages of the script.In this book, you will learn the building blocks for creating a character for the stage and the camera. You will learn how to analyze a script, construct a character backstory, understand the character's goals and challenges, and build the character's physicality and vocal qualities.Each lesson in this book wi...

Gertrude Stein's "Composition as Explanation" delves into the intricate relationship between language and artistic expression. Published in 1926, the essay explores Stein's unique approach to writing and challenges conventional perceptions of composition. With a distinctive prose style, she reflects on the nature of creativity, emphasizing the significance of repetition and abstraction. Stein's work serves as both an exploration of her own artistic process and a broader commentary on the e...

"Do you wish you could understand the communicative signals of others better?• The Language• Recognising gestures and expressions• The Message• Understanding what a person wants to conveyA complete guide to the language spoken through the body.It is a wonder how much we express through the unspoken language of the body the gestures of the hands, the legs, the head and expressions of the face.This book is a comprehensive guide to the language of body postures and gestures. It makes interestin...

Chapter (1), Learn To Draw The Human Figure On Your Own,(2) Ideal Versus Real Human Anatomy,(3) What Should Be Your Art Subject? (4) How To Make Art That Lasts, (5)The Birth Of Modern Art, (6) Why Do Modern Art? (7) The New Way to Sculpt The Human Figure, (8) Tips And Hints On Sculpting Humans