| Description |
325 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: New York : Penguin Press, 2007. |
| Summary |
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). |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Sorry, the rest unknown -- Celestial harmony -- Cherubim and seraphim -- Heaven on earth -- Still -- Collecting myself -- Paris -- Ich Habe Genug -- Completely -- The impossibility of February -- One thing leads to another -- Finale. |
| Subject |
Kalman, Maira -- Philosophy.
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Kalman, Maira -- Travel.
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Kalman, Maira -- Political and social views.
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Illustrators -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780143116462 (paperback) |
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0143116460 (paperback) |
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