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Invisible Monster. by ~riverofneon:iconriverofneon:

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Inspired by Chuck Palahniuk's novel, Invisible Monsters. It was the first of his I read and to this day still my favorite.


Mediums: Acrylic Paint for "give me"; sharpie for "rampant intellectualism as a coping" and watercolor for "mechanism" as well as the background.

Excerpt from Chapter One:

Most of my adult life so far has been me standing on seamless paper for a raft of bucks per hour, wearing clothes and shoes, my hair done and some famous fashion photographer telling me how to feel.

Him yelling, Give me lust, baby.

Flash.

Give me malice.

Flash.

Give me detached existentialist ennui.

Flash.

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

Flash.
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~GentlyEscapes:iconGentlyEscapes: Feb 4, 2008, 8:42:03 PM
Chuck Palahniuk some how seems to capture modern existence quite well. I'm sure several years from now, when someone wonders what it was like to live right here and right now, someone will say, "Read Fight Club, or Read Choke, or Invisible Monster." He's a marvel.
~riverofneon:iconriverofneon: Feb 5, 2008, 8:42:41 AM
I wish he'd do a tour again! He was in Philly last May but it was the day I left for vacation so I missed it.

Have you read Rant yet?

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all you need is love.
~GentlyEscapes:iconGentlyEscapes: Feb 7, 2008, 11:00:21 PM
I have not. I do want to though... It's on my mile long list. Have you? Is it worth bumping up?
~riverofneon:iconriverofneon: Feb 8, 2008, 1:18:51 PM
Yeah it's really good. I bought it a few days after it came out and I've read it like six times already.

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all you need is love.
~GentlyEscapes:iconGentlyEscapes: Feb 12, 2008, 9:52:21 AM
And come to look, I have Invisible Monsters sitting on my shelf. That'll have to be bumped up to right after Leonard Cohen's book... Uh. I can't remember. But yeah. They will both be read.
~xclockwork:iconxclockwork: Mar 29, 2008, 7:47:21 PM
I love it. Great design and best book ever.
Last time I read it, I had it under my desk in English class and had to read it out loud to everyone sitting around me. Probably one of my favourite parts.

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a thousand ancient bees began to sting our knees.
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~riverofneon:iconriverofneon: Mar 29, 2008, 9:38:16 PM
:heart:

My English Lit teacher from high school and I used to discuss Palahniuk all the time. He was the only person I knew in my entire high school to have read his works.

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all you need is love.
~choata:iconchoata: Aug 18, 2008, 5:20:53 AM
First book of his I ever read too, and come to think of it, the first time I finished it, it felt like the only book I've ever read.
Nothing compares to him, it's strange and amazing at the same time.
At any rate, Rant is my favorite of his.
~riverofneon:iconriverofneon: Aug 18, 2008, 4:41:15 PM
I know how you feel. Each time I re-read it [which is at least once a month], it still feels so fresh and new.

And thank you for the :+fav:!

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all you need is love.
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