I
finished Ain't Burned All the Bright a couple days ago- it's very short- but I am struggling
how to review it, or categorize it, or truly say much at all other than
that it is a brilliant work of contemporary art.
Words by Jason Reynolds and artwork by Jason Griffin have come together to create a very visceral experience of what it is like to be a young black person in American in 2020- with the compounding tragedies of COVID, the murder of George Floyd and so much more through the metaphor of breath- though we all know that for George Floyd and COVID, the need to breathe is so much more than a metaphor.
It is a powerful look at family and reality and, the truth is, there is nothing I can say that will do it justice or at least, do it the justice that can be done by experiencing it yourself. The poetry of Reynolds combined with the artwork of Griffin are a powerful combination that should not be missed.
Words by Jason Reynolds and artwork by Jason Griffin have come together to create a very visceral experience of what it is like to be a young black person in American in 2020- with the compounding tragedies of COVID, the murder of George Floyd and so much more through the metaphor of breath- though we all know that for George Floyd and COVID, the need to breathe is so much more than a metaphor.
It is a powerful look at family and reality and, the truth is, there is nothing I can say that will do it justice or at least, do it the justice that can be done by experiencing it yourself. The poetry of Reynolds combined with the artwork of Griffin are a powerful combination that should not be missed.
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