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Hi All!
Here is the current issue of my weekly “Sunday Share,” a list of what I have been engaging with, excited by or otherwise found intriguing.
What I’m watching —
Pressure Cooker
I just love gritty, soulful, searing, moving, inspiring documentaries about hyper-real people triumphing against all odds in their struggle to make something of themselves in their lives. Pressure Cooker checked all of those boxes for me.
A hardass disciplinarian teacher at a Philadelphia school in a disadvantaged neighborhood administers tough love to a disparate group of chef-wannabees in her culinary arts class. I have been feeling stressed and sorry for myself more than is healthy recently but when it comes down to it my problems involve a threat to my usual comfort more than an existential struggle for making it in a world that is stacked against me. So Pressure Cooker was a loving slap in the face for me to stop with the self-pity and go be wonderful instead.
What I’m publishing —
The Illustrated Wild Boy by John Du Cane
Well, yes, this is by me and I am actually fairly bashful when it comes to plugging my own stuff. Instead I will leave you with a couple of review excerpts and a fun endorsement from a fellow author:
“Well I am jealous — the blending of your text with the vibrant, comic book motif illustrations struck me as fabulous — stylistically Judit is more Crumb than Steadman – still, the perfect blending of radical images with sparse text hit me like HS Thompson and Ralph Steadman back in the prime days of Rolling Stone — it was a perfect melding — she amped-up your tales and your words gave context to her abstractions — synergy personified.” — Marty Gallagher, The Purposeful Primitive
The Illustrated Wild Boy features Judit Tondora’s beautiful color drawings which embellish a literary story collection that captures different memories and experiences. The surprising blends of autobiography, philosophy, spirituality, and cultural investments in wild times, wild feelings, and different forms of horror and growth are wound into a story of media explorations and artistic investments to create a unique graphic novel-style memoir.
Unlike typical graphic stories, this collection blends a healthy degree of literary writings with colorful visual backgrounds. Where graphic productions typically promote brevity over explorations, John Du Cane centers his adventures firmly in written observations that embrace metaphor and reflection with equal depth and insight.
Irony, critical observation, artistic expression, counterculture trends, and social and family influences craft a series of thought-provoking, lively, engrossing short works that are not just about Du Cane’s world, but about how readers interpret these visions and revelations.
It’s rare to find a multifaceted short story collection of vignettes whose tales are equally well rooted in artistic, personal, and social observation.
Hungarian illustrator Judit Tondora’s lovely backgrounds bring Du Cane’s adventures to life. The result is a creative and involving work of art, language, and social inspection that will delight readers looking for literary works strong in spiritual and social revelations. — D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
“An absorbing memoir perfectly complemented by exquisite art.” — Kirkus Reviews
What I am putting into my body —
Keto Genius
Haha, when I was browsing the nutrition aisles searching for a quick keto fix, this container called Keto Genius leapt at my eyeballs, drilled into my brain and found whatever pleasure center was waiting to have its craving fulfilled. What can I say other than to admit the choice to marry Keto with the word genius was… marketing genius… at least when it comes to psychically vulnerable ketoists like me?
Now truth be told, after my first enthusiastic dosing (“yay, I can feel the buzz!”) I now tread lightly with Keto Genius because it does pack a punch.
If you are intrigued then here’s some information from the product’s page on Amazon:
- Elite Keto Brain Booster – This is the perfect ketogenic supplement for individuals looking to live in a state of peak performance. Sustain ketosis & ignite elite cognitive function with research verified exogeneous ketones (BHB Salts) and synergistic nootropics (alpha GPC, TeaCrine & Dynamine)
- The Next Evolution Of The Keto Diet (Live In Superhero State) – When people get in ketosis, they often experience another level of mental clarity & a dramatic reduction in brain fog. The keto diet is a focus factor in its own right but we’ve supercharged the entire concept with our ground-breaking formula
- Zero Carb, Zero Problem – Hack the Keto Diet and avoid all of the drawbacks of low carb. Beta hydroxybutyrate (BHB) Salts have been shown to lessen appetite while dynamine has been shown to improve mood & focus by activating dopamine receptors
- Results You Can See & Feel – Yes, it works and you will notice that when you consume your first drink. This is a max strength formula for true biohackers to drive productivity and establish a new base for neuro & physical performance
Thoughts, comments, wishes, suggestions? Hit me up by email at johnrducane@gmail.com