I wanted to be an artist, but...

By Marzia Polverino

"I wanted to be an artist but..." it's an illustrated book that tells of a shop assistant's flow of consciousness, who feels, after so many hours under the neon light, so lost that she has become a ghost of herself. Sometimes feeling confused, sometimes lost, sometimes angry, in a vortex of endless thoughts.
Will our protagonist be able to recognise and find herself again inside her head?

Recommended age: from 16 years onwards.

This small and short illustrated book, written in simple and direct language, is dedicated to those adults who feel lost in a society that forces them to give up not only their free time but even their aspirations and identity, in favor of increasingly frenetic and competitive rhythms, ending up making them feel more and more alone and more and more empty, robbed of their dreams and ideas. Forced into a world where even the same hobbies have ended up becoming an unstoppable flow of contents to see, to judge and then throw away, involved and forced to participate in a perpetual competition to see who is better at having fun and who creates the most useful product.

Following your aspirations is difficult.
This short illustrated book was born as a dedication to all creatves and non-creatives people, with the aim of giving hope and comfort to those who would like to be a bit of an artist but aren't capable, but at the same time they cannot fail to hear their aspirations' voice, ending up being crushed between the devil of sense of duty and the deep of vocation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DPT3ZRHG
• ISBN13: 9798302752420
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"