Metamorphosis
After leaving my part time job at the library, I’ve been feeling like my discipline and commitment are at an all-time low. I was in the habit of bringing lots and lots of beautiful and interesting books home and flicking through them. Some I didn’t even open after I got home. Hardly any got read right through.
Not finishing books, not wanting to go to classes every week, loosing enthusiasm for projects, I’ve been labeling myself a dilettante.
So I was very pleased last night to finish reading a book. And not only that, it was in a genre I have never read before – a graphic novel. Wow. I’d seen so many graphic novels that teenagers read (and tried to read them a few times) and some amazing ones in the adult non fiction too. I think I was very lucky that I ended up reading this particular one, even though it is number 5 in a series.
It is David Mack’s “Kabuki: Metamorphosis,” a richly layered, beautifully made graphic novel with a wonderful combination of comic-book action and philosophical (think quantum physics, spirituality, stephen hawking and taoism) musing.
In terms of creativity and expression of ideas, this book (or probably any in the series) is well worth a look. I was impressed how Mack expresses character, plot and concept within an aesthetically diverse and beautiful form.
