Lynda Barry

A friend recently alerted us to Lynda Barry‘s book What It Is:

” It is a book about writing that provides guidance on how you can re-discover skills you likely possessed before getting caught up in the notions of “good and bad”.

It’s more than a book. It’s a public service. Barry is trying to help everyone reconnect with lost creative capability and provides a path for doing it.

The book was published in 2008 and is a wonderful work of art in itself.”

We love it, and how daring, non-linear and honest Barry lets herself be…

Lynda Barry

…which makes for her being very wise…

Lynda Barry

…as evinced by her page on Brainy Quotes. We especially love this one:

“I wasn’t afraid to be laughed at or be loud.”

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