Window Writer

06 May 2010

Avant-garde / Carrier



Dancing House  Built during 1992-96 by Frank Gehry and Vladimir Mulunic, the Dancing Building is a piece of controversial Prague architecture, the delightful design of the building, nicknamed “Fred & Ginger” for the way the building mimics the forms of a dancing couple.  One would consider this an avant-garde movement….
 

Writing Architect - Bonnie J. Rough

When Modern Architecture was first practiced, it was an avant-garde movement and it gave rise to many new lines of thought and design.  Bonnie’s new book may be considered and avant-garde movement – “pushing of the boundaries” of what is expected of a memoir structure.

Recently I met Bonnie Rough, who has just published her first book – a memoir.

  

For me, memoirs can be complex and creatively challenging.. a powerful writing structure – it is the unique unfolding of a person’s life.  When I read a memoir, I want to walk in their shoes and feel the pulse of the story…

While there are enormous variations in designing the structure of memoirs, I believe you will enjoy Bonnie’s structural design in her book Carrier - she goes beyond craft and turns inward towards the heart of the matter.. 

In Kara Garbe’s blogspot (www.karagarbe.blogspot.com), she reviews Bonnie J. Rough’s new memoir Carrier …“She doesn’t completely follow the “rules” of memoir in her book, Rough’s book is pushing the boundaries of memoir, and I’ll be curious to see what other people think about it.  

I personally loved Rough’s Memoir – a beautiful piece of architecture.