The Principles of Uncertainty
Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The; Penguin Press
Published: October 18, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781594201349
Subjects: Political Science; Philosophy; Politics/International Relations; Individual Artist; Mind & Body; Philosophy / Mind & Body; Political Ideologies - General; Kalman, Maira
Description: The Principles of Uncertainty is an irresistible invitation to experience life through the psyche of Maira Kalman, one of this country's most beloved artists. The result is a book that is part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all Kalman. Her brilliant, whimsical paintings, ideas, and images--which initially appear random--ultimately form an intricately interconnected worldview, an idiosyncratic inner monologue. Kalman contends with some existential questions--What is identity? What is happiness? Why do we fight wars? And then, of course, death, love, and candy (not necessarily in that order).