{"product_id":"the-way-things-are-9781912257799","title":"The way things are","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaul Klee spoke of, 'taking a line for a walk' when drawing. In my case it is the drawings that have led whilst I followed to see where they were going; and so one drawing suggested, and led to, another until a story, and for me meaning, emerged. The 'poems' were written independently of the drawings when I was a long way from home, wherever that is. The drawings are made primarily in ink and in my other life I'm an Applied artist working in metal, most often as a silversmith, but at one time or another a jeweller and also in foundries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe title came from reading about Steinbeck's search for a title for, 'of mice and men', which in turn came from Robert Burns', 'Wee timorous beasties.' Another rejected title of his was, 'Something happened, ' and these, and the story, struck a chord with me when reading it whilst putting the drawings together for the book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gilbert Studios","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50406361137426,"sku":"9781912257799","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be12ec8d-ad5b-4226-a308-6f5d5b7735e6.jpg?v=1729224011","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-way-things-are-9781912257799","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}