>> Hi, could someone post an appreciation of this book? I read it without >> getting anything out of it (well, the fairy tale aspect was sort of >> interesting) and gave it to a friend who paints, figuring he might be able >> to enjoy it. In particular the scene about politics in art annoyed me, >> and I was never much interested in the Monster. Maybe I just need to be >> proselytized. >Same here. I got the feeling it was valuable for Brust to write, but I didn't >really feel a connection to the ideas the book was trying to get across -- >my notions about art, especially political art, are rather different. I dug >the heck out of the fairy tale, tho. > I am not an artist or musician of any kind. I mean, I'm a fair hand at copying...cross-stitch and rather pitiful calligraphy and costuming from a patttern and things like that. The only instrument I can play is the stereo. This book, more than any other, makes me wish I could draw or paint or play music. It inspires a certain kind of creative mood in me that I have not come across anywhere else. It's one of those books that I bring out when I am down or just in a contemplative mood. Back to lurking now. Emily