Matthew Sweeney's palette in My Life as a Painter - his twelfth collection - features a wild mix of birds and animals: lizards, snakes, rats, camels, donkeys, feral cats, dogs and owls.
One dog transmits telepathic requests for the food he wants, and there's a parrot who speaks as ambassador for the bird world.
Sweeney's canvas here is the transhuman: where boundaries between human and non-human can't be fixed, dreams turn into torments, secrets stay hidden, strange communiques remain unclear.
| Animals | Lizards snakes rats camels donkeys feral cats dogs and owls |
|---|---|
| Sweeney's canvas here is the transhuman | Where boundaries between human and nonhuman cant be fixed dreams turn into torments secrets stay hidden strange communiques remain unclear |
Bloodaxe Books My life as a painter, paperback/matthew sweeney
