Some people take blood pressure meds or have low blood pressure and will stumble or be dizzy or fall over. This is not for them

Same here. Life is horrifying sometimes. Sometimes you can't sugar-coat things. I do not like or enjoy knowing that people do that, but it is out there at the edge of strange disturbing things people do. Many strange disturbing things are commonplace but not considered. My friend who was upset by the >!monkey brains thing !<had visited a slaughterhouse and still has no problem eating meat. There are different levels of what we are sensitive to or shocked by. What is commonplace or accepted in one culture could be shocking in another - strange stuff. The book makes poetry of it all, yet it is readable like prose or a story - even in the form of a letter to his mom who can't read at all.

One of the best books I read last year. None of the things that bother other people here bothered me. My friend hated it because of the description of the >!monkey brains thing!<

Tragic, absurd, ironic, not slapstick or joke-y.

You can go to as many as you want and have time for. There are mixed groups. Congratulations on making this decision!! You will not regret it!

Find at least one detail you enjoy... is like think of a compliment to give an ugly person you don't like. Why??? Do they need your approval? If someone is confident about their art they don't need a fake compliment. If they lack confidence an insincere compliment will not help them!! A thoughtful question would show much more interest and respect, like how did you get that idea? why did you choose that medium? that subject matter? what inspired you? how did you decide to do that? where did you learn to do that? how did you become an artist? how did you set aside time to work on that? Any question sounds more intelligent than a fake compliment. Bear in mind, I am not suggesting insulting questions like: what is that supposed to be? how much time did you waste on that? who would ever buy that?

Take that anti-vaxxers!