David takes us on a journey through a weekend of tragedy; which not even he could alter through misfortunes of fate. As Craig and Sheryl apathetically deal with the death of their love; their three children; David; Michelle and Rick relentlessly struggle with denial; contempt and rebellion. The sibling rivalry abounds with our protagonist David; openly discussing his sexuality within the realms of his family home. David struggles to hold his own place in the world. His circle of friends comforts him; however his longing for acceptance from his family remains poignant.The wicked web we weave within the family unit; acceptance is as important as is non-acceptance within Davids family; yet brotherly love can only show its boundaries once tested and it fails.The relationship between denial and rebellion build a night of thick tension; exposing itself in the face of sodomy and complacency. Not even Davids bloodline can stop the outcome it first set up to accomplish.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A radical new take on making artBy CostaA radical new take on making art.The idea of an audience of one seems absurd; and well.... it is. But the insight gleaned from twelve years of doing this is absolutely priceless. Each of the factors of an experience the book covers is explored in breadth and depth. By the end; I felt as if a deep desire to move people was uncovered and set free.Also; its visually stunning; well-organized; and presented as a winding narrative that takes you on a journey.I have it on my shelf for quick access as a reference for creating powerful experiences for people. As a web developer; I think Odyssey Works should be required reading for developers who work on user experience; although thats just scratching the surface. Imagine what event producers can do with this kind of insight; imagine what people who design and work on company cultures can do; or architects. The list goes on...1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. love; colorBy Hollis WardImaginative; deeply thought provoking but catches one by surprise; full of Witt ; inspiration; hope; love; color; life; lifeincolor; and beautifully designed! Its an affirmation of all the best . It proves that brooks will NEVER that the place of aBeautiful Bruce of art and literature you can hold in your hands; touch ; see; smell; feel; and see. Exquisite!!! HHW2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. An incredible meditation on creating art through empathyBy LucasThis book has completely changed the way I think about my art practice. If yoursquo;ve never heard of Odyssey Works; what they do is inspiringmdash;they create performances for an audience of one person; with the objective to move them and transform them as much as they can. Their method is evocative; unusual; and enormously generous; and in these pages is a full and beautiful account of the how and the why of what they do.This book exists in so many parts; all of equal value. The six proposals; as Irsquo;ve mentioned; challenged my notion of what it means to be a writermdash;my notions of what I think my medium must be and what I think my writing can or should do. And man; if yoursquo;ve never read about the performance they made for Rick Moody . . . itrsquo;s poignant and thoughtful and many varieties of ldquo;they did WHAT?rdquo; They flew this guy to the middle of a field in rural Canada to a small; one-room structure where a woman played a song on the cello that theyrsquo;d been slowly working into his life the previous four months. Not to mention the view out the window in the small room was the same view Moody had seen in a picture book hersquo;d been reading to his child the past four months; which Odyssey Works had written and planted into his life unbeknownst to him. Seriously! These wow moments are all over the book. The proposals speak of empathymdash;which really is the crux of Odyssey Works; i.e. how can we come to know our audience member so well that we end up basically falling in love with themmdash;experimenting with form; finding authenticity; removing boundaries between performance and life; and more. The interviews with the Odyssey Works team are insightful; and the exercises at the back of the book I feel will genuinely shift my writing practice for good.Itrsquo;s also worth noting how beautiful this book is as a design object. The photographs are rich; the textual layout has all kinds of lovely wrinkles; and the graphs and charts are exciting and strange in a way graphs and charts often are not. After reading the book Irsquo;m left feeling that I have been taken on an Odyssey of sorts; that this is a book that both illuminates Odyssey Workrsquo;s previous projects and points me toward empathy; authenticity; intimacy; and interdisciplinar(ity?) in my own practice.This book challenged my basic ideas about what art can be. It also made me ask questions about what it means to be empathetic and generous person in my everyday life. It doesnrsquo;t get much better than that. Highly; highly recommended.
