The Illustrated Life of...

One of my many indulgence are buying books. Music being second... and chocolate cake last. In that peculiar order. Over the years i collected many books in different phases of my life. Some are my treasures... some are left behind. Some are given away after i am done with it. I am an impulsive book buyer :) But i don't really judge a book by its cover ;)

The one treasure i found last weekend was this. An Illustrated Life by Danny Gregory.

I kinda waited and waited for this book for a whole 3 months. hahahaha.. I went looking for it last December when it was launched. I went to many bookstores.. i couldn't find it. (it was just launched in December... silly me!) Finally its in my hands.. I smell it.. flip it endlessly... Lie on my bed browsing it over and over again. This book thrills me. Its been a while since a book thrills me so much! I browse at it.. smiling to myself.. like an idiot... or like a kid with a new toy. It is inspirational.

It is not any kind of book. It is a compilation of sketchbooks and illustrated journals from all sorts of people who love to doodle. People like Emila.

One of my favourite blogs... Mattias Adolfsson is featured in this book. A great artist. I visit his blog every single day without fail and enjoy his drawings. His blog is like an art gallery. A virtual one. And his drawings never fail to break a smile on my silly face. He is that good.

Great artists... people who draw from their heart. This book is definitely unpretentious. These journals are the playground of these great people.

The last time i doodle... was a long time ago. I used to doodle a lot when i was a kid. I doodle on the edges of my textbooks when i should be studying.. hehehe. Even on the wall behind doors. Tiny ones.. so mum will not find them. Ha! I even doodle on the office walls.. tiny ones.. some people see and add on to it :D Our office is not hoity-toity. My old office in another part of town... we used to doodle on this big blank wall... and stick all sort of stuffs on it too. It was not hoity-toity too. It was my playground and a fun environment to work.

I bought a moleskin a while back. Haven't even started on it... soon... soon it will be filled :D