The Art of Living

RISING STAR AUTHOR: Grant Snider''s titles sell steadily, and his profile is continuing to grow with his work featured regularly in the New York Times Book Review. In addition to his collections on the ComicArts list, Grant has become a sought-after children''s book creator, illustrating Blue Floats Away by Travis Jonker on the BYR list and picture books for other publishers.TOPICAL SUBJECT: Building on themes of his first two books, Grant Snider approaches the topic of mindfulness with humor, honesty, and hope.

Autorentext
Grant Snider is an orthodontist by day and an artist by night. He is the author of The Shape of Ideas and I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf, along with several picture books for young readers, including Blue Floats Away by Travis Jonker. His comics have been featured in the Kansas City Star, the New York Times, and The New Yorker, as well as The Best American Comics 2013 anthology. He lives in Wichita, Kansas, with his wife and five children.

Klappentext

"Mindfulness" is a buzzword bordering on the cliche, with books filling the shelves of any indie bookstore you step into. Although cliches remind us of the familiar and the commonplace, they take on new meaning and greater significance when presented in a fresh new way. Grant has created an all-new collection of one- and two-page comics. With both humor and a touch of reality, this centers on mindfulness, but also empathy, relaxation, gratitude, and awareness - evergreen subjects that are more important and relevant now than ever.

Zusammenfassung
In The Art of Living, beloved cartoonist Grant Snider—author of The Shape of Ideas and I Will Judge You by Your Bookshelf—has created a humorous, uplifting look at mindfulness in this collection of one- and two-page comics that map his inner thoughts, poetic observations, and frequent failures at living mindfully.

With both humor and a touch of reality, The Art of Living centers on mindfulness, but also empathy, relaxation, gratitude, and awareness—evergreen subjects that are more important and relevant now than ever.

In a striking package, the reflections Grant Snider shares are an extension of the themes of his first two books—which explored the creative process and the love of reading—and is the perfect gift for those in a need of reflection, commiseration, hope, and a little extra self-care.

Above all, Snider’s cartoons will inspire and encourage a more thoughtful way of experiencing the world.

Find a quiet spot away from all distraction / Listen to your breath / Watch your thoughts float past you / Forget the obligations of today / Try not to consider your eventual decay / Let yourself drift away / Arise, connected with the Earth / Awakened to the Universe.<BR