Ode to Happiness is a grown-up’s picture book, a charming reminder not to take oneself too seriously. With drawings by painter Alexandra Grant, text by actor Keanu Reeves, and in collaboration with mutual friend Janey Bergam, this facsimile artists’ book is about making the best of a bad situation. In the tradition of a classic “hurtin’ song”, Reeves’ text externalizes a melancholy internal monologue and subtly pokes fun at it. Grant’s images, delicately realised in sombre inky washes, reflect the dark and light, the pathos and humour of the text. Neither entirely earnest nor wholly ironic, Ode to Happiness is both a meditation and a gentle tease about how we cope with life’s sorrows.
Los Angeles based artist Alexandra Grant uses language and words as the basis for her paintings, drawings and sculptures. Grant has exhibited at institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, and the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore. She has collaborated with artists and writers including Michael Joyce and Hélène Cixous, and is a founding member of the Watts House Project in Los Angeles.
本文图文来自网络。如你有更多图文,求分享,谢谢! (Reeves)he explains the genesis of his book: "I was in my kitchen hanging out with my friend Janey, and the radio was on - and this station was playing, like, an orgy of depressing, self-pitying, nostalgic mu...
评分本文图文来自网络。如你有更多图文,求分享,谢谢! (Reeves)he explains the genesis of his book: "I was in my kitchen hanging out with my friend Janey, and the radio was on - and this station was playing, like, an orgy of depressing, self-pitying, nostalgic mu...
评分本文图文来自网络。如你有更多图文,求分享,谢谢! (Reeves)he explains the genesis of his book: "I was in my kitchen hanging out with my friend Janey, and the radio was on - and this station was playing, like, an orgy of depressing, self-pitying, nostalgic mu...
评分本文图文来自网络。如你有更多图文,求分享,谢谢! (Reeves)he explains the genesis of his book: "I was in my kitchen hanging out with my friend Janey, and the radio was on - and this station was playing, like, an orgy of depressing, self-pitying, nostalgic mu...
评分本文图文来自网络。如你有更多图文,求分享,谢谢! (Reeves)he explains the genesis of his book: "I was in my kitchen hanging out with my friend Janey, and the radio was on - and this station was playing, like, an orgy of depressing, self-pitying, nostalgic mu...
说实话,我原本对这类主题的书籍抱持着一种怀疑的态度,总觉得它们很容易落入陈词滥调的窠臼。然而,这本书彻底颠覆了我的预期。它的语言风格是如此的别致,带着一种古典的厚重感和现代的犀利感交织在一起的奇妙效果。作者的遣词造句非常讲究,即便是描述最日常的场景,也能从中提炼出一种诗意的光芒。更令人称道的是,它构建了一个宏大而又严谨的知识体系作为背景,使得整个故事的逻辑链条无比坚实,绝非空穴来风。我花了很长时间去消化其中蕴含的哲学思辨,每一次重读都会有新的领悟,这才是真正优秀作品的标志——它随着读者的成长而不断变化。它需要的不是快速翻阅,而是需要静下心来,泡上一杯浓茶,在安静的午后细细咂摸,才能体会到那种深埋于文字之下的力量。
评分这本书给我带来的震撼,更多体现在其结构上的创新和叙事视角的独特切换上。它巧妙地运用了多重叙事者,每一个声音都代表着看待同一现实的不同侧面,使得故事的维度和深度瞬间提升了好几个档次。你永远无法轻易给它下一个简单的定义,因为它拒绝被单一的标签所束缚。初读时,我被那种错综复杂的时间线和人物关系弄得有些头晕,但一旦适应了作者设定的“游戏规则”,便会发现其中精妙的对称与呼应。它像一座精心设计的迷宫,每当你以为找到了出口,却发现前方是另一条更深远的路径。这种挑战读者的阅读习惯的做法,非常大胆,也极其成功,它迫使我们跳出舒适区,用全新的方式去审视“幸福”这个看似简单实则深不可测的概念。
评分这本小说简直是精神的盛宴,每一个字都仿佛带着一种独特的韵律,让人沉浸其中,久久不能自拔。作者对于人物内心世界的刻画入木三分,那些细微的情感波动,那些难以言喻的挣扎与和解,都被描摹得淋漓尽致。我尤其欣赏作者在叙事节奏上的把控,时而如涓涓细流般温柔细腻,时而又如惊涛骇浪般波澜壮阔,这种张弛有度的叙事手法,牢牢抓住了读者的心弦。它探讨的议题非常深刻,不是那种肤浅的对美好生活的简单赞颂,而是直面了人性的复杂与矛盾,引导读者去思考真正的满足感究竟来源于何处。读完之后,我感觉自己的精神世界被极大地拓宽了,仿佛完成了一次深入灵魂的漫游,那种久违的充实感,是许多畅销书都无法给予的。它不只是一个故事,更像是一面镜子,映照出我们自身存在的价值和意义,绝对值得反复品读。
评分如果你期待的是一个情节跌宕起伏、充满高潮迭起的通俗读物,那么这本书可能会让你失望,因为它走的是一条截然不同的道路——它更像是一部慢节奏的交响乐,需要听众有足够的耐心去等待高音部分的升华。它的美感在于其氛围的营造,作者对环境、光影、气味乃至季节更迭的描写,都达到了近乎于绘画的艺术水准。每一个场景都被赋予了强烈的象征意义,读到某一处,甚至能闻到空气中潮湿泥土的味道,或是感受到拂过皮肤的微风的温度。这种高度的感官沉浸感,使得阅读过程变成了一种近乎冥想的体验。它让你慢下来,去关注那些在日常奔波中被我们忽略的细微美好,从而重新校准你对“幸福”的感官阈值,非常适合在生活感到疲惫、需要重新充电时翻阅。
评分我是一个对情感描写真假要求极高的人,很多作品中那些过于戏剧化或矫揉造作的桥段,总能轻易让我出戏。但在这本书里,我感受到了罕见的真诚。作者似乎完全抛弃了任何粉饰太平的意图,直接将生活中的挫折、失落、甚至是那些令人难堪的小失误,赤裸裸地呈现在我们面前。正是这种不加掩饰的坦诚,反而构建了一种强大的共鸣场。我仿佛能听到自己内心深处那些未曾说出口的声音,被作者用如此精准的笔触捕捉并表达出来。这种感觉是私密的、是震撼的,它让人感到自己被深刻地理解了。它没有提供廉价的安慰剂,而是提供了一种直面痛苦的勇气,这才是真正的疗愈所在,它教会我们,不完美才是常态,而接受它本身就是一种伟大的成就。
评分看完整个人都笼罩在阴影里_( :3」∠)_ #脑残粉的五星不要理
评分看完整个人都笼罩在阴影里_( :3」∠)_ #脑残粉的五星不要理
评分With drawings by painter Alexandra Grant, text by actor Keanu Reeves, and in collaboration with mutual friend Janey Bergam, this facsimile artists’ book is about making the best of a bad situation. Neither entirely earnest nor wholly ironic, Ode to Happiness is both a meditation and a gentle tease about how we cope with life’s sorrows.
评分看完整个人都笼罩在阴影里_( :3」∠)_ #脑残粉的五星不要理
评分Keanu Reeves隨手寫的小詩配以別他藝術家的手繪 歡樂頌唱的是哀傷調 =_, =
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