Daily Afflictions by Andrew Boyd
Revolutionizing the best-selling genre, this thinking man's parody hijacks the format of daily affirmations but offers a different message: only in paradox, truth; only in darkness, light; only in affliction, affirmation. These daily afflictions offer readers inspiration, practical advice, and food for thought, as they navigate the jungle of existential terror that begins anew each day. We follow the fictional Brother Void on a spiritual journey, both profound and hilarious, into self, family, love, career, death--and, ultimately, Enlightenment. We learn to listen to our inner critic, appreciate the nurturing power of dysfunctional families, love the wrong person, succeed at failure, embrace our inner corpse, and, finally, withstand the agony of being connected to everything in the Universe. Part spiritual autobiography, part ironic meditation, this tragicomic guide to life's sublime predicaments will elevate and educate the spirit. The truth will set you free, Brother Void reminds us, but first it will hurt like hell.
Andrew Boyd is an author, humorist and twenty-five-year veteran of creative campaigns for social change. He led the decade-long satirical media campaign Billionaires for Bush. He co-founded Agit-Pop Communications, an award-winning subvertising agency, and the netroots movement The Other 98%. He's the author of three books: Daily Afflictions, Life's Little Deconstruction Book and the creative action manual The Activist Cookbook. You can find him at andrewboyd.com. Dave Oswald Mitchell is a writer, editor and researcher. He edited the Canadian activist publication Briarpatch Magazine from 2005 to 2010, and his writing has been published in Rabble, Reality Sandwich, Rolling Thunder and Upping the Anti.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781567318159 |
| ISBN 10 | 1567318150 |
| Title | Daily Afflictions |
| Author | Andrew Boyd |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Mjf Books |
| Year published | 2002-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 111 |
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