Maira Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in an
inimitable combination of image and text.
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).
The tremendous success of Kalman's 2005 illustrated edition
of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style established her
as an original, inspirational voice, and the quirky,
hilarious, heartbreaking style of The Principles of
Uncertainty reveals Maira Kalman for what she truly is: a
national treasure.
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