The Fabulous Ekphrastic Fantastic: Thought-Provoking Essays on Art and Literature | Perfect for Book Clubs, Academic Studies & Creative Writing Inspiration

This is a collection of essays about growing up. There are two themes. The first is the emotional instability that he felt as child, largely because of his family life and because he had to move so many times. The second is the life he develops in adulthood, such as the art to which he responds to express himself, and is especially, the kind of closeness he wants to have with people, whether in romance, in friendship, or with family members. For romance, he describes it as an overlap of brotherhood and romance, a good choice of words. He describes well what his sense of intimacy with someone is.He has wonderful phrases, such as "Art is a lie that tells the truth". His art is fiction, even if his fiction could be misplaced when he was young. Another phrase is how "our feelings spill into the lines of us all", that some boundaries are breached or even how the effort to fit in can wear a school kid out. These essays read like chapters in an autobiography and I recommend it. He describes youthful experiences with which many of us can identify.