ONE! HUNDRED! DEMONS!

Lynda Barry

What do your demons look like?

Demons are the itchy stories, thoughts and things we tell ourselves that haunt our internal landscape. What might they look like if you gave them a face? Lynda Barry learned a lot when she drew her demons, and she reckons you’ll dig it too. Start here with the tale of The Aswang, a Filipino folk story told to Lynda by her grandmother. Through the simple and powerful act of drawing, she invites you to contribute your own demons, doodles and narratives to hang in the gallery. They might not appear as you expect, and we hope you are gentle with the creatures flowing out through the ink and onto the page. If you don’t know where to begin, try one of the warmup activities provided by Lynda. Trust us, you’ll get the hang of it.

Are they what you expected?

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Lynda Barry has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator, and teacher and found that they are very much alike. She is a professor of interdisciplinary creativity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Installation photography: Matthew Stanton