John Berger
A meditation, in words and images, on the practice of drawing, by the author of ,Ways of Seeing,The seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinozaâ€”also known as Benedict or Bento de Spinozaâ€”spent the most intense years of his short life writing. He also carried with him a sketchbook. After his sudden death, his friends rescued letters, manuscripts, notesâ€”but no drawings.,For years, without knowing what its pages might hold, John Berger has imagined finding Bentoâ€™s sketchbook, wanting to see the drawings alongside his surviving words. When one day a friend gave him a beautiful virgin sketchbook, Berger said, â€œThis is Bentoâ€™s!â€ and he began to draw, taking his inspiration from the philosopherâ€™s vision.,In this illustrated color book John Berger uses the imaginative space he creates to explore the process of drawing, politics, storytelling and Spinozaâ€™s life and times.
Art,Nonfiction,Philosophy,Art,Drawing,Writing,Essays,Autobiography,Memoir,Design,Language,Writing,Biography,Politics
Bento's Sketchbook