Advice and Dissent: Truisms and Mirth For The Common Mind
About this ebook
Advice populates the planet as herd mentality governs collective thinking. If you view life differently from mainstream cattle, this edition is a welcome lens. Satire is a precarious balance of questioning the evident and astutely labeling the absurdity of the predominant. Mythologies may be examined, preconceptions imperiled, but periodically enlightenment flowers amidst the sidewalk cracks.
It is a shameful state when one limply accepts complacency without complaint. It is tragically common behavior. This edition attempts to lacerate conventional wisdom, itself a counterfeit misnomer. The language is precise and savory.truism
Each of the 250 truisms is subjective, yet unflinching in thrusting long daggers into sacred bovines. The text is lean on clichés and stockyard sentimentality. The animal photography integrated throughout frequently correlates with the humorous insights covering a vast grazing range of common and controversial subjects.
Life had never been more complicated or laughter more needed to digest the absurdities and lack of clarity.
About the author
Author, photographer and visual artist Marques Vickers was born in 1957 in Vallejo, California. He graduated from Azusa Pacific University in Los Angeles and became the Public Relations and Executive Director for the Burbank, California Chamber of Commerce between 1979-84.
Professionally, he has operated travel, apparel, wine, rare book and publishing businesses. His paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in art galleries, private collections and museums in the United States and Europe. He has previously lived in the Burgundy and Languedoc regions of France and currently lives in the South Puget Sound region of Western Washington.
He has written and published over one hundred books spanning a diverse variety of subjects including true crime, international travel, social satire, wine production, architecture, history, fiction, auctions, fine art, poetry and photojournalism.
He has two daughters, Charline and Caroline who reside in Europe.
