justcallmegeekyg's review against another edition
4.0
Real Rating: 3.8
I really enjoyed this book! There were so many beautiful, useful gems of wisdom and inspiration strewn throughout these pages. I'm definitely planning on re-reading and meditating on a lot of the advice that he gave as well as inserting it into my daily practice as an artist.
This book loses stars for the random (and very minor) sexist things Hahn says - I mean, I understand that he's going for a congenial Heyyy I'm a guy! kinda tone, but I found myself rolling my eyes whenever I ran across something like that. Nothing bad but he does say things like "Men are obsessed with appliances in a way women aren't" and "A man's first car is incredibly important", like, why are you even making the comment, dude, just find a better analogy! He also undermines some of his most poignant thoughts with a silly, offhand comment or joke. It's the literary equivalent of somebody saying something great and then making a huge farting noise right after.
All in all, if you can ignore the stupid little comments and odd, out of place sexism, this book will change your life.
I really enjoyed this book! There were so many beautiful, useful gems of wisdom and inspiration strewn throughout these pages. I'm definitely planning on re-reading and meditating on a lot of the advice that he gave as well as inserting it into my daily practice as an artist.
This book loses stars for the random (and very minor) sexist things Hahn says - I mean, I understand that he's going for a congenial Heyyy I'm a guy! kinda tone, but I found myself rolling my eyes whenever I ran across something like that. Nothing bad but he does say things like "Men are obsessed with appliances in a way women aren't" and "A man's first car is incredibly important", like, why are you even making the comment, dude, just find a better analogy! He also undermines some of his most poignant thoughts with a silly, offhand comment or joke. It's the literary equivalent of somebody saying something great and then making a huge farting noise right after.
All in all, if you can ignore the stupid little comments and odd, out of place sexism, this book will change your life.
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