“Unlocking the Secrets of Unfulfilled Aspirations: Brian Lee Knopp Dives Deep in ‘Dreams I’m Never Gonna See'”
The essays in this collection run the gamut from the guerilla tactics-inspired hijinks of the Ida Lupino Liberation Organization to reflections on the art of Thomas Kinkade, with several stops between to contemplate the wildness within. His devotion to this inner wildness drives the collection: Knopp’s experience of mind-melding with a wolf, his admiration of oddball heroes like Philippe Petit and Christopher Smart, his horror when the subterranean machinations of Disney World are revealed in all their dystopian glory.
