What do you want others to love?
an experiment in fan nonfiction
I got to interview my friend Christie George at The Ruby last week about her book report/art exhibit on Jenny Odell’s How to Do Nothing—The Emergency was Curiosity. You might remember her Q&A in this space awhile back. I met and even got to dance with some awesome Examined Family subscribers there!
In any case, one of Christie’s dream is to inspire other people to create their own fan nonfiction, so I made a little zine about Naomi Klein’s most recent book, Doppleganger, which I found utterly fresh, brilliant, and fascinating. I thought I would share it with you all in hopes that it inspires you to also create your own fan nonfiction and share it with a friend! The point here is to engage in an embodied, imperfect way with art that you love, and share it with others. As Hanif Abdurraqib said recently, “Your legacy, in some ways, is what you love and what you’ve asked other people to love alongside you.”
So what do you want others to love?
I don’t know if I LOVED Doppleganger, as much as found it genuinely enlightening (and a little bit eerie, since I have had similarly problematic encounters with Naomi Wolf). I love it in the sense that it made me feel more grounded and clear-sighted in a world that has become so mystifying and fear-inducing. Check it out…
Okay, your turn! Make your own. If you like some instructions, here they are:
I love this idea! I feel like my kids would too. I could see a mixed media / collage version (for those of us weary of our own drawing skills!). Thanks for sharing.
I like the idea generally, even if it is only for oneself rather than shared. I have a large poster in my dining room that is entirely excerpted statements from a book I read of interviews with teachers at RISD talking about their teaching philosophies