Walter Darby Bannard Birthday Flash Sale
Aphorisms for Artists is 20% off through the weekend in honor of the author's birthday.
Dissident Muse Journal is in fact connected to a business, Dissident Muse, which handles my present publishing and future curatorial efforts. Its main concern at the moment is vending Aphorisms for Artists: 100 Ways Toward Better Art by Walter Darby Bannard.
In honor of the birthday of Walter Darby Bannard (September 23, 1934), I’m instituting a weekend-long flash sale for 20% off the title. Here is a link to the item in the Dissident Muse store. You can also go to the Aphorisms for Artists website and click the Buy Now link. Enter HBDWDB at checkout and the discount is yours.
People adore this book and write me to say so. A prominent art critic of my acquaintance described it as “beautifully done.” Another called it “terrific” and a “handsome little volume.” An artist friend told me that Aphorisms for Artists is “for me at 50, the way The Art Spirit by Robert Henri was to me at 20.” If you’ve been on the fence about picking up a copy, this is your moment.
The checkout code is good through 11:59 PM tomorrow, Sunday, September 25.
The "problem" with Darby's aphorisms is that they make too much sense in a field ruled by fashion.