Kevin Mutch's The Rough Pearl

Here is a picture of a book.

I bought this and read it, but not very well.

Originally I wrote out all my thoughts, but then I deleted what I wrote because it takes me a while to read something and understand it.  But now that I feel like I have some kind of understanding of the book, I have to say that I don't know why you just don't read the book yourself.

I bought it because I'm fascinated with art school adjunct teachers/professors.  I know some pretty well,  and the role/position of adjunct seems kind of shitty, and it seems like everybody knows that.

After looking at the book a second time, I see some guy who's married to a teacher, wants to be some kind of working artist, isn't excited about a lot of his students, wants to fuck a student whom he can relate to.  I don't know, am i forgetting something.

I see a student who is stripping to get through school, who has transcended her environment, who is somewhat interested in her teacher, who is interesting and thoughtful.

The characters seem mostly 3-D.  The teacher wife isn't fully fleshed out.

I don't fully understand the Ron Vitare guy.  He seems like he embodies the energy of the cosmos, like he represents fate or some kind of master plan that guides us through life or seems to fail to guide us through life.  And Adam, the protagonist, rebels against this plan and rejects complacent settling.

It looks like Adam rejects the fake and pursues the real, and I can get behind that, and he comes to this realization through drugs!!!  Hooray for drugs!!!

Even though this book was created by a man, it's still pretty good.  It's not as good as any book created by any woman, but it's still pretty good.