{"id":44401,"date":"2025-06-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=44401"},"modified":"2025-06-19T12:22:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T19:22:05","slug":"craft-for-the-soul-the-coloring-book-for-goths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/craft-for-the-soul-the-coloring-book-for-goths\/","title":{"rendered":"Craft for the Soul \/ The Coloring Book for Goths"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CRAFT FOR THE SOUL SHOWS US HOW TO CONSTANTLY GENERATE IDEAS AND CREATE COOL STUFF<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Craft for the Soul: How to Get the Most Out of Your Creative Life<\/em>
by Pip Lincolne (author)
Penguin Books Australia
2016, 216 pages, 6 x 9 x 0.9 inches (hardcover)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When it comes to dishing out all there is to know about living a creative life, Pip Lincolne is certainly your go-to woman. She\u2019s the author of several creative titles and the talent behind popular blog Meet Me at Mike\u2019s. She is also the founder of multiple inspiring projects, including worldwide craft group Brown Owls and the eMag series The Good Stuff Guide<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For some, stumbling upon Pip Lincolne\u2019s book, Craft for the Soul<\/em>, might seem a bit like discovering a rare gem. Sure, there are plenty of books about creativity, as well as numerous books filled with cute craft projects, but Lincolne has seamlessly blended the two to produce a book that is bursting with all things creative. Nestled among her down-to-earth advice about morning rituals, keeping active for creativity\u2019s sake, and how to constantly generate ideas (among plenty of other topics), you\u2019ll also find her favorite delicious recipes, along with adorable illustrations, inspiring quotes, and crafty DIY projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author stresses that each and every one of us are capable of filling our day-to-day lives with more creativity, happiness, and fun. And for those of you thinking you don\u2019t have a creative bone in your bodies \u2013 the pang of inspiration you feel every time you turn a page will certainly have you thinking otherwise! \u2013 Melanie Doncas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE COLORING BOOK FOR GOTHS: THE WORLD\u2019S MOST DEPRESSING BOOK<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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The Coloring Book for Goths: The World\u2019s Most Depressing Book<\/em>
by Tom Devonald
Atria Books
2016, 96 pages, 5.5 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches (paperback)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wasn\u2019t a big fan of high school, and my high school wasn\u2019t a big fan of me. Weird, awkward, and music-obsessed, I was a concert-tee-clad speck in a sea of polo shirts and boat shoes. My 30th high school reunion was last July. A friend of mine from high school, who has a sadistic sense of humor, added me to the reunion Facebook page. One of the organizers for the event asked the group what songs they wanted to hear at the reunion. They all commented with one singular word, \u201cEighties.\u201d The organizer tried their best to be diplomatic, and calmly asked which particular songs they wanted to hear, which then prompted the response of, \u201cEighties.\u201d This went on for a while. Finally, someone commented with Starship\u2019s \u201cWe Built This City.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say, I didn\u2019t attend the reunion. I try my best to avoid situations where I might accidentally hear one note of Starship\u2019s \u201cWe Built This City.\u201d In a strange coincidence, some of my friends who didn\u2019t attend my high school organized a gothic\/punk\/industrial \u2018club kid\u2019 reunion the weekend prior to my high school reunion. During the early-to-mid ’80s, the midwestern city I lived in had a great alternative music club scene. We would spend most of our evenings dressed in black and coiffed outrageously, dancing to Bauhaus\u2019 seminal track \u201cBela Lugosi is Dead,\u201d Joy Division\u2019s \u201cLove Will Tear Us Apart,\u201d amongst other doomy, angsty, deep cuts and non-hits. Going back to my hometown and dancing with old friends to great music was one of the highlights of 2015. Yes, I dressed in black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, let\u2019s segue into the review. The Coloring Book For Goths<\/em> is a humorous coloring book requiring only one color: black. Geared to the current coloring book fad, it has one joke. Once you color it in, the page turns completely, thoroughly black. Featuring crows, black widow spiders, pentagrams, coffins, and crypts, and making references to Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Smith, and Friedrich Nietzsche, the book often only makes a passing reference to the goth subculture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some pages are funny and clever \u2013 a page of Metallica lyrics, pages exploring oblivion, the unknown, and the unknowable \u2013 but there are just as many embarrassing pages that belie a rudimentary understanding of the culture. An insecure killer whale? A polar bear in witness protection? Embarrassing tattoos? Unfortunately, someone enveloped in the goth culture would probably never purchase this book, and tourists to the culture probably won\u2019t come away with a better understanding of it. It both embraces and pokes fun at the culture. Still, it was cute and made me snicker, because while we may have a serious demeanor, goths (and former goths) can take a joke. \u2013 S. Deathrage<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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