{"product_id":"the-understanding-monster-book-three-hardcover","title":"The Understanding Monster - Book Three - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheo Ellsworth\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An urgent (and often very funny) attempt to explain a coocoo-rococo cosmology made up of garbled fragments of role-playing games, \u003ci\u003eTransformers \u003c\/i\u003eepisodes, relaxation exercises and horror movies.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final chapter of this epic trilogy finds our hero, Izadore, awoken with his mind, body and soul reunited. The last Monks of the Imaginary Man lead him beyond Toy Mountain to discover the true nature of the relationship between imagination and reality. Not simply concluding the relentless, psychedelic plot, \u003ci\u003eThe Understanding Monster--Book Three \u003c\/i\u003eexplains how our creativity re-shapes our world, how we can overcome doubt through self-actualization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheo Ellsworth\u003c\/b\u003e is a self-taught artist and storyteller living in the mountains of Montana with a witch doctor and their two sons. He is a co-founder of the Pony Club Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and has served on the jury of the Small Press Expo's Ignatz Awards. His art, which \u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e describes as \"a combination of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Wild Things Are\u003c\/i\u003e, a fever dream, a pagan woodland ceremony, and a notebook doodle,\" has shown at galleries across the country, including Giant Robot in New York and Los Angeles, and has graced the covers of several popular musicians' albums, including Ramona Falls and Flying Lotus. Most recently, he has collaborated with Viscosity Theatre on the stage production of \u003ci\u003eMystery Mark\u003c\/i\u003e, incorporating his artwork into the stage design and costumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 64\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 11.3 x 9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 13, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772792013088,"sku":"9780988814981","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1445332f96e21a9143d3d4f6e0f86cc1.webp?v=1780414429","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-understanding-monster-book-three-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}