Herman Brood - Stil daar is ie - 1984

There he is again: an artful book / visual text work by Herman Brood, built as a compact and expressive edition in which image, text, and stance together form an impulsive artistic voice. The structure consists of loose pages or fragments — not a classic narrative novel — in which Brood's creative expressions, observations, and visual flair come together in short, intensely experienced moments. This makes the book more of an art book or artistic statement than a conventional story. In this volume, Brood delivers his characteristic style: raw, direct, and with a mix of rock-'n'-roll attitude, irony, and personal reflection. The text and visuality emphasize his life stance as an artist and performer — a look at the creative process, the struggle between expression and stillness, and the ironic tension between the outside world and the inner voice. The fragmentary setup yields a collage of impressions that reflect Brood's temperament. The whole functions as an intimate, visual, and lyrical document of an artistic mind — a work that does not so much follow a plot as organize impressions and impulses. Through the combination of imagery and short textual bursts, it creates a direct, energetic reading experience that invites the reader to personal interpretation and reflection on art, life, and identity in the rough style of the creator.