The Milk Bowl of Feathers: Essential Surrealist Writings [Paperback]

Originating in 1916 with the avant-garde Dada movement at the famous Caf? Voltaire in Zurich, surrealism aimed to unleash the powers of the creative act without thinking. Max Ernst, Andr? Breton, Tristan Tzara, Paul ?luard, Philippe Soupault, and Louis Aragon created a movement that spread wildly to all corners of the globe, inspiring not only poetry but also artists like Joan Miro and Ren? Magritte and cinematic works by Antonin Artaud, Luis Bunuel, and Salvador Dal?. As the editor, Mary Ann Caws, says, Essential to surrealist behavior is a constant state of openness, of readiness for whatever occurs, whatever marvelous object we might come across, manifesting itself against the already thought, the already lived.A decisive addition to the Surrealist English library, as it includes short texts by often-overlooked female Surrealists...The Milk Bowl of Feathers book is accessible, delightful, and inexpensive.?This is a welcome volume.A satisfying thrill.?Mary Ann Caws, distinguished scholar and beloved doyenne of all things surrealist, has edited a slim but utterly delightful volume of essential surrealist writings titledSurrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision.Every page should explode, either because of its staggering absurdity, the enthusiasm of its principles, or its typography.An exciting new collection of the essential writings of surrealism, the European avant-garde movement of the minds deepest powers