ART WORK

Art Work by photographer and writer Sally Mann offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories practical and some impractical advice and life lessons for artists and writers or anyone interested in the creative path Written in the same frank fearless and occasionally outrageous tone of her bestselling memoir Hold Still this new book reaffirms Mann as a unique and resonant voice for our times and is destined to become a classic Illustrated throughout with photographs journal entries and letters that bring immediacy and poignancy to the narrative Art Work is full of thought provoking insights about the hazards of early promise the unpredictable role of luck the value of work work work and more hard work the challenges of rejection and distraction the importance of risk taking and the rewards of knowing why and when you say yes In sparkling prose and thoughtfully juxtaposed visuals and ephemera Art Work is a generous provocative and compulsively readable exploration of creativity by one of our most original thinkers