Playing the Inside Out is David Adams Richard's distilled insight on the artist's struggle for full access to artistic integrity by remaining an outsider to convention. Richards conjures forth his vision of eternal truths commonly held by all mankind, a Miramichi cosmic consciousness that he has been working at all his life. In an entertaining, remonstrating, and ultimately uplifting essay he identifies how conformity and laziness poison artists, and the great pressures that exist for writers to "join the herd." No one can possibly read this essay and not find comments or conclusions that directly relate to them. The writer's challenge to find and protect one's inner honesty is deeply familiar to anyone seeking to be faithful to the true sense of "I" that dominates motivation and judgement. So personal are the truths that Richards lays out, that anyone who reads will feel Richards' passion and find value in his practical wisdom and encouragement. Playing the Inside Out is shrewd analysis; a personal advisory directed at artists and writers in particular. But Richards' topic and manner of address are egalitarian. He is telling us to be who we are a honestly, consistently, and with heart.Depuis plus de trente ans, l'A (c)crivain David Adams Richardspuise dans l'expA (c)rience de la marginalitA (c) de la Miramichipour approfondir l'intA (c)rieur de l'Atre humain, lA oA(1) de loge le vrai. Dans cet essai, Richards dA (c)peint le rapport de rA (c)sistance crA (c)ative qu'il entretient avec l'altA (c)ritA (c) stigmatisant qui menace l'authenticitA (c) et exprime son appA (c)tence d'aller au-delA des apparences. L'approche sociale et existentielle qu'il adopte dans son parcours littA (c)raire et personnel privilA (c)gie la rA (c)vA (c)lation d'un vrai possible, qu'il incarne assurA (c)ment lui-mAme en tant qu'A (c)crivain. Tel qu'il le fait dans son essai et A l'instar de ses romans, David Adams Richards contredit, dA (c)place et transforme le discours hA (c)gA (c)monique pour privilA (c)gier le vrai. L'A (c)crivain nous raconte des histoires qui se dA (c)roulent dans un endroit qui devient seul lieu et tout lieu. L'esthA (c)tique du rA (c)cit assume l'authenticitA (c) que possAde une valeur d'expansion permettant d'accA (c)der A des lois plus puissantes. La dA (c)marche de Richards s'inscrit humblement dans une tentative de sonder une rA (c)alitA (c) plus proche de l'Atre fondamental, voire universelle, au-delA des apparences.

Book Information
ISBN 9780864925039
Author David Adams Richards
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint Goose Lane Editions
Publisher Goose Lane Editions
Weight(grams) 116g