With characteristic humor and genuineness, Gilbert distills a lifetime of reflection about the joys and torments of creativity and will help you increase the former while minimizing the latter.
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'The Art of Mad Max: Fury Road' is a splendidly cohesive and superior companion volume to one of the best films of 2015.
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Because all great fantasy and sci-fi ultimately transcends its genre conventions, Death Sentence is not so much about superpowers and terminal illness as it is about the inherent power we all have to make creative choices in our lives in the face of cosmic unfairness and uncertainty.
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In "We Are Water," Wally Lamb has once again successfully written an account of a very dark psychical place, imbedded with the glimmers of optimism, without becoming overly sentimental.
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The release of 'Ender’s Game' has placed author Orson Scott Card at the center of controversy, many choosing to boycott the film. But if a book, movie, song, painting, etc. is good, then it should not matter who made it. In this vein, I present ten artists who are widely considered to be unpleasant or reprehensible but whose works are critically praised.
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Popular as the mashup ethos is, I wasn't entirely surprised by the concept behind designer Butcher Billy's new set of superhero-cum-rock star poster prints, but I have to say these are among the best mash-up art that I've seen as of late.
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