Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Labels: Lyric, Musings, NationalPost, Vague
You're so cute when you're slurring your speech / But they're closing the bar and they want us to leave. ¶ It was about the time when I really started to get going with writing on Siteway that I introduced myself to writings of Carlos Castaneda. The book in question, Journey to Ixtlan, was in my possesion but I forget how I came to own it. Reading it for the first time resembled re-reading something familiar and yet it was a trip to know it was completely novel. I loved the structure, the dualism, the humour, and especially the broad strokes. It's a writing style that I'm still drawn to but like many things in art, I'm mostly disappointed by. I don't even wish to make comparisons but let me just say that other popular philosophy books have left me underwhelmed, or, at least, have not hit me when I was ready or able for them. So it was with some great anticipation that I awaited a friend's gift to my fiancee for her birthday as it would provide me an opportunity to re-read it (again) since my copy had mysteriously disappeared. It's my Catcher in the Rye. On the subway this morning I was reading the beginning pages and I could feel the empathy within me rise. As I stepped off the train at Yonge station a kind-eyed relaxed brown-skinned gentleman looked up to me and said, "that book is incredible." I told him that I agreed and then he responded, "all his books are incredible." I smiled back at him and exited his world forever. I'm inclined to think that we both thought about the spiritworld for the rest of the morning. ¶ National Post illustration number three in tomorrow's paper: Mordecai Richler.
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Antony Hare is a freelance illustrator whose work has appeared in publications including Esquire UK, Maisonneuve, Forbes, Annabelle Mann, The Improper Bostonian, Bon Appétit, the Globe and Mail, and National Post (for which he won a Silver Medal from the Society of News Design). His work is at the meeting point between portraiture and caricature. Antony is a member of the Society of Illustrators and works from his office in downtown Toronto. ¶ Learn more about Antony.
Siteway was launched in 1996. It is Antony Hare's personal web site and is affiliated only with him. It contains his gallery of illustrations and blog since 2000. His illustrations are available for sale and for licensing in film and advertising. Siteway World is Siteway, Phelts, Tonicville, and Coastalmatic. Siteway is updated every week, usually Tuesday, with a new feature illustration.
