People Change
Published on 4. January 2022
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-0-7352-3865-7 (ISBN)
Description
"A deeply generous and honest gift to the world."
-Elliot Page
The author of I'm Afraid of Men lets readers in on the secrets to a life of reinvention.
Vivek Shraya knows this to be true: people change. We change our haircuts and our outfits and our minds. We change names, titles, labels. We attempt to blend in or to stand out. We outgrow relationships, we abandon dreams for new ones, we start fresh. We seize control of our stories. We make resolutions.
In fact, nobody knows this better than Vivek, who's made a career of wearing many hats: artist, performer, musician, writer, model, teacher. In People Change, she reflects on the origins of this impulse, tracing it to childhood influences from Hinduism to Madonna. What emerges is a meditation on change itself: why we fear it, why we're drawn to it, what motivates us to change, and what traps us in place.
At a time when we're especially contemplating who we want to be, this slim and stylish handbook is an essential companion-a guide to embracing our many selves and the inspiration to discover who we'll become next.
-Elliot Page
The author of I'm Afraid of Men lets readers in on the secrets to a life of reinvention.
Vivek Shraya knows this to be true: people change. We change our haircuts and our outfits and our minds. We change names, titles, labels. We attempt to blend in or to stand out. We outgrow relationships, we abandon dreams for new ones, we start fresh. We seize control of our stories. We make resolutions.
In fact, nobody knows this better than Vivek, who's made a career of wearing many hats: artist, performer, musician, writer, model, teacher. In People Change, she reflects on the origins of this impulse, tracing it to childhood influences from Hinduism to Madonna. What emerges is a meditation on change itself: why we fear it, why we're drawn to it, what motivates us to change, and what traps us in place.
At a time when we're especially contemplating who we want to be, this slim and stylish handbook is an essential companion-a guide to embracing our many selves and the inspiration to discover who we'll become next.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Mississauga
Canada
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
180 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7352-3865-7 (9780735238657)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
VIVEK SHRAYA is an artist whose body of work crosses the boundaries of music, literature, visual art, theatre, and film. Her bestselling book I'm Afraid of Men was heralded by Vanity Fair as "cultural rocket fuel," and her album Part-Time Woman was nominated for the Polaris Music Prize. The founder of the publishing imprint VS. Books, Shraya is a seven-time Lambda Literary Award finalist. She's been a brand ambassador for MAC Cosmetics and Pantene, and is a director on the board of the Tegan and Sara Foundation, and an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Calgary. She's currently adapting her debut play, How to Fail as a Popstar, for television with the support of CBC. vivekshraya.com
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