okay, the readings for Tuesday were "Genetic Engineering" and "Twelve Moments in the Life of an Artist". The book has definitely took a huge turn around from what i at least have been expecting. I never once thought this book about a gay guy would include this section about drug abuse and trying to aspire like his sister. Was anyone else surprised like this? Or could you foreshadow the fact that something had to go wrong because of his circumstances?
I think that the story has picked up a beat. im liking the fact that sedaris twists things around a bit. the whole not going in a chronological order is making for a lot of fun. instead of just following him through his life, he brings up a single experience or topic one could say and tells how it affected him and how it carried on throughout out his life. does anyone else enjoy this?
the main thing i would like to know is how is everyone taking the whole doing speed and the "im a professional artist" thing? im just blown away by the stuff that he thinks is art. everyone is entitled to what they like, but in my opinion these guys are just straight up weird. but i find it very interesting that his sister was such a great artist and now hes trying to be as well, and how his father essentially got all of this started. so what do you guys think? do you see more of these types of things happening throught out the book?
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I like the way sedaris presents his drug usage. He describes it as an enabler for what he calls his inspiration. I particulary enjoyed the passage about him snorting particle of shit on the floor of his house in attempt to find one particle of speed. I just imagined him going around like a human vaccume cleaner sucking everything up through a straw. However I did find the twelve moment essay to be a bit lengthy and drawn out to what essentially mounts to some drug usage and then his withdrawl. And wtf was up with his art? was he literally just throwing shit together and manipulating it on stage. I honeslty have never heard of such an art form. What made it worthy of telling was his dads ridicule, and was one of the funniest parts of that entire ordeal.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading today's assingment I am defenatily starting to like this book. I agree that the whole skipping around makes it more enjoyable. The chapter "Twelve Moments in the Life of An Artist" really shows that this book is getting pretty intresting. I don't think it will get suddenly dull, although like it has been going so far, some chapters will probably be better than others. I just can't imagine this guy running out of material now.
ReplyDeleteAnother part that I found funny that hasn't been mentioned yet was reading about the guy whose only piece of furnature was a nest of human hair that you could sit in. This chapter was pretty messed up.
I hear you "bambam", this was one very odd pair of essays. I can't say I don't like it though, in fact, this is what I've been waiting for. This exciting stuff. And I also agree that not going in any sort of logical order also adds spice to this book. Because you know if he mentions it, its gotta have at LEAST something half way interesting. Its like he went back through his life and cut out all the BS for us, and left us with the good stuff.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the second essay goes, yes that was waaaay over the top. And as far as the length is concerned, the only explanation I can come up with is that drugs are going to be a big part of the story(ies)later on and he needs to set the stage. We need to be familiar with this type of addictive personality he has so we're prepared for what's in store next.
Kind of exciting if you ask me.
Yeah "Twelve moments in the life of an artist" kinda threw me for a loop. The first three essays had a lighter feel and were a little more humorous. Then you get this one and it discusses his meth use and this crazy "art" that he gets into.
ReplyDeleteApart from the fact that it was a lot different and kinda weird, I still found a lot of it to be fascinating. The change of pace was nice. I enjoyed the humor of the first few essays but I found topics such as his hard drug habit to be a bit more interesting than his lisp.