The Principles of Uncertainty (2007) (edit title/settings)

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• Maira Kalman: Maira Kalman is the author and main character of The Principles of Uncertainty. The graphic novel, written from her perspective includes her own photographs and scans of her paintings. She was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1949. She has been a mother, widow, traveler, illustrator and writer for many years. The Principles of Uncertainty is a combination of her memories, experiences, thoughts, and musings. She lives in Manhattan, New York and currently works for The New Yorker.

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• “My brain is exploding. Trying to make sense out of nonsense. Trying to tell you everything (everything?). And all the while time is fleeting. And the air around me vibrates with so many images. Which is great, because most of them are British.”

• “My dream is to walk around the world. A smallish backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A notebook. A traveling paint set. A hat. Good shoes. A nice pleated (green?) skirt for the occasional seaside hotel afternoon dance.”

• “But then the Bolsheviks arrived and POOF - goodbye musicales, goodbye Blini.”

• “We could speak about the meaning of life vis-a-vis non-consequential/deontological theories, apodictic transformation schemata, the incoherence of exemplification, metaphysical realism, Cartesian interactive dualism, revised non reductive dualism, postmodernist grammatology, and dicey dichotomies. But we would still be left with Nietzsche's preposterous moustache, which leads (as it did in his case) to utter madness. I suggest we go to Paris instead.”

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1. Maira Kalman (Author)

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• Dewey: 741.6092

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• Books › Arts & Photography › Design & Decorative Arts › Graphic Design › Commercial › Illustration
• Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Political Science › Political Doctrines
• Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Consciousness & Thought
• Books › Nonfiction › Philosophy › Aesthetics
• Books › Nonfiction › Politics
• Books › Arts & Photography › Artists, A-Z