On Not Knowing Publisher / Silvana Editoriale personal anecdotes and jargon-free critical

personal anecdotes and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art

Seneca sees it as part of our desire to emulate the gods

enlarge our strengths and aggregate our energies

at Isabel's doorstep - as a guest

On Not Knowing Publisher / Silvana Editoriale personal anecdotes and jargon-free criticalMoments of clarity are rare and fleeting; how can we become comfortable outside of them, in the more general condition of uncertainty within which we make our lives? Written by critic Emily Ogden while her children were small, 'On Not Knowing' forays into this rich, ambivalent space. Each of her sharply observed, personal essays invites the reader to think with her about questions she cant set aside: not knowing how to give birth, to listen, to hold