{"product_id":"book-cug9","title":"Art Matters","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stunning and timely creative call-to-arms combining four extraordinary written pieces by Neil Gaiman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.”—Neil Gaiman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from Gaiman’s trove of published speeches, poems, and creative manifestos, \u003cem\u003eArt Matters\u003c\/em\u003e is an embodiment of this remarkable multi-media artist’s vision—an exploration of how reading, imagining, and creating can transform the world and our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt Matters\u003c\/em\u003e bring together four of Gaiman’s most beloved writings on creativity and artistry: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Credo,” his remarkably concise and relevant manifesto on free expression, first delivered in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Make Good Art,” his famous 2012 commencement address delivered at the Philadelphia University of the Arts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“Making a Chair,” a poem about the joys of creating something, even when words won’t come\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e“On Libraries,” an impassioned argument for libraries that illuminates their importance to our future and celebrates how they foster readers and daydreamers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArt Matters\u003c\/em\u003e is a stirring testament to the freedom of ideas that inspires us to make art in the face of adversity, and dares us to choose to be bold.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49344835748144,"sku":"BDcug9","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49344835813680,"sku":"ZEcug9","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49344835846448,"sku":"ZMcug9","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/cug9-Square-cover.jpg?v=1778351809","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-cug9","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}