Jimmy:Picture Books for Adults

  Artists and authors use many different ways to talk about society; many writes novels, while others paint pictures. An artist in Taipei has found a different way to talk about life, people, and the problems we all face. His name is Jimmy Liao, and he creats illustrated books.

  Jiimmy is both an illustrator and an author. He draws all of the colorful pictures in his books and writes all of the storylines. His small paperback books usually have only one or two lines of the text per page, the rest being filled by his cute, simple drawings. Simplicity is one of Jimmy' s strong points; he doesn' t lose the reader in complex plots and dialogues.

  Jimmy' s book speak to readers about the ups and downs of living in the mordern world. One of his most popular stories, Turning Left, Turning Right, tells of a short romance between a couple that live next to each other. The lonely pair meet one day in the park and immediately fall in love. When they leave each other at the end of a fun-filled day, they exchanged telephone numbers, but the rain causes the numbers to become illegible. They are unbale to contact each other, and soon return to their lonely lives.

  Sad, right? Don' t start crying yet, there is a catch to the story. You see, this man and woman actually live in the same building. The problem is, when they leave their apartments, one always turns to the left, while the other always turns to the right. The result is they never realize they are neighbors. The lesson of the story? Life is in the details: things seem small and insignificant can actually turn out to be important. And this is another Jimmy' s talents: he shows his readers how the " little things " in life are often more important than we realize.

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