Michael Leunig is een Australische cartoonist, bekend om zijn inzichtelijke en vaak satirische observaties over de menselijke conditie. Zijn werk duikt in thema's als eenzaamheid, liefde, geloof en de zoektocht naar betekenis, met een kenmerkende mix van humor en melancholie. Door zijn tekeningen en bijbehorende teksten moedigt Leunig lezers aan om na te denken over alledaagse ervaringen en de essentie van mens-zijn. Zijn kunst wordt gewaardeerd om zijn eenvoud, oprechtheid en zijn vermogen om universele waarheden aan te raken.
Wild Figmentsis a loose companion volume to Poemsand consists of Michael Leunig's longer pieces in a typeset format (as opposed to their original cartoon format). In this beautifully produced, pared-back presentation, Leunig's in sight, wit and delightful wickedness can be savoured in a whole new way.
This is an illustrated collection of prayers. It contains 28 meditations/prayers, plus an introduction on prayer. The prayers have an element of social comment for a secular audience.
A person kneels to contemplate a tree and to reflect upon the troubles and joys of life. The person imagines mornings and evenings in a great forest of prayers, swarming and teeming with life. The person is learning how to pray. Michael Leunig.
Get Well is a collection of Michael Leunig’s work over the past four years – a time when, quite remarkably, all has not been well with the world. Deceptively wise, heartbreakingly beautiful and just plain hilarious, Get Well is a robust selection from Michael Leunig’s work over the past four years – a time when, quite remarkably, all has not been well with the world. More than ever Leunig shines a light on questions about sanity and madness, innocence and corruption, friendliness and unfriendliness, joy and despair, and the possibility of an overriding eternal wisdom and beauty. Simple verses, homemade aphorisms, sentimental yearnings, absurd jokes, funny faces and vaudevillian fiascos abound that all point to one what is becoming of the world, and our place in it? Get Well is the book we all need right now – just the tonic for these strange times.
Book by Michael Leunig