Publisher’s
write-up:
‘The
book Soul Matters is built on the writer’s lifelong fascination for the human
psyche and answers to humanity’s great questions. What started as timely
observations of life’s intricacies collected in a bookshelf that screamed to be
heard in some form. From being one of the thousand voices yearning to be heard,
it now stands to be read in the shape of a series of 18 wisecrack quips and
befitting explanations.’
Soul Matters is a short collection of
thoughts from the artist Shreyas Shankar. In this, the author has presented a
few quotes and given his interpretation for the same.
The quotes are largely philosophical
covering the topics of life - such as the process of learning and also certain
one's relationship with the soul. On any such book, I try my best to not let my
personal opinions get in the way - for instance, I don't consider the body and
soul to be different or independent of each other. The same disclaimer appears
here as well before I get into the review.
I liked the way in which the author
presented his book - a full page allowing you to fully read the quote before
getting into the chapter to read his take on it. If it was on the same page, we
could be tempted to immediately get into the interpretation rather than read a
vague quote. I enjoyed reading some of his thoughts, especially on aspects such
as silence, perfection, expertise, inter alia. This book was also a very ideal
short read and could be ideal to spend to read during your regular commute -
for I took just half an hour to complete the book.
That could perhaps be annoying to some of
the readers as they might feel that the book finished as soon as it started.
Considering that the author is quite young, both in age and in his career as an
artist, this is a first step and I hope in future, this book is expanded by the
author. There was an interesting excerpt of a fantasy novel that the author is
in the process of writing and I look forward to the publication of the full novel.
As aforementioned, this is a great short
read, but at the same time, could have been much more enjoyable had there been
more of his wisecracks and a deeper plunge into each of these thoughts. On that
note, I shall award this book a rating of six on ten.
Rating - 6/10
Have a nice day,
Andy
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