Salt and Flickers - by Howie Goldklang (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Salt and Flickers is an art-forward coffee table book, but more like a sacred object, a devotional artifact to motion, madness, and meaning because life is, too, when you let it be. Born on the cracked streets of Los Angeles and stitched together through the long strides and longings from running in and around the world, this large-format work fuses original illustrations, essays, meditations, icon portraits, and open-ended prose on what it means to move through this world with purpose and pain, a little grit and a little grace.

Created by writer and Silver Lake Track Club founder Howie Goldklang, and artist-provocateur Eric Junker, Salt and Flickers is a living portrait of a culture in motion. This book is for the seekers: the ones who run, create, move and meditate to understand themselves. The ones who believe running can be art, and art can be salvation. It is for the ones who lost something and decided to go find it through the forced meditation of movement. With Eric's visceral imagery and Howie's raw reflections, Salt and Flickers doesn't just tell a story--it cracks you open and reminds you: the path forward is also the path inward.

Whether you're an artist, an athlete, or dreamer -- this is your invitation to let go and begin again and again.

Review Quotes

"To say that running is a canvas on which people can craft stories is a cliché, because it is true. And in the case of Howie Goldklang and Eric Junker, they take that idea literally. Like the Hunter S. Thompson and Ralph Steadman partnership of the running world, Howie and Eric's work is based on intense, joyful creativity and a deep understanding of running. Salt and Flickers takes the simple concept of putting one foot in front of another and infuses it with life-affirming words and images. When Howie writes about "a tapestry of culture, compassion and competition; an ever-repeating rhythm, poised on the edge of something transcendent" you know you are in for a treat." --Simon Freeman, publisher and co-founder of Like the Wind magazine.

"Howie runs, writes, and builds community from the heart. His infectious creativity jumps off the page and will inspire you to move, grow, and imagine." --Jonah Peretti, CEO and cofounder, BuzzFeed and HuffPost

"If you live in Los Angeles, you know and love Eric Junker's work. The flow and colors of his murals have become an inextricable part of the landscape of Southern California. They capture the spirit of a city in motion, but they also bring our attention back to the villages amidst the vastness -- the corners where we eat and drink and congregate. Through this beautiful new collaboration with Howie Goldklang, words and images converge in a celebration of movement itself." --Jeff Gordinier, author of Hungry and contributing editor at Esquire