Okay, reading that back to myself, I feel like Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation when Bill Murray finds her Meaning of Life tapes. I admit that there were many instances in this book that were really fortune cookie-ish and completely self-serving and indulgent for the author himself. But, that being said, I agreed with many of his ideas about internal transformation as a form of coping and growing, the necessity of self-reflexivity in order to get to that point, drawing inspiration from your childhood, the importance of creating and keeping your mind active, and just the realization that nothing is stable. I think perhaps even more inspirational than the verbal messages was the form and layout of the graphic novel ("The medium as the message!"). Mack used a lot of different media to illustrate his story and convey his messages. The whole thing kind of just looks like a big collage, although some of the volumes (the ones in which he collaborated with other artists) utilized the traditional graphic novel form. Anyway, I totally dug it and can see it becoming a regular source of inspiration to me. If you get a chance, I would highly recommend you take a look at it.
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(you won't regret it!)
(you won't regret it!)
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i once read a volume of kabuki - long enough ago that i can't actually remember what it was about - but i really fell in love with david mack's art work. he's incredible!
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