Title: Viglets: Pithy Wisdom for a Balanced Life
Author: Viggo P. Hansen
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1456753238
Pages: 88
Genre: Humor, Self-Help
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
Pacific Book Review
Viglets: Pithy Wisdom for a Balanced Life is a startlingly intuitive text by Viggo P. Hansen and the first in his series. The book helps readers create their own Viglets that are unimpeded by societal restrictions and phonological features by simply letting freedom and liberation flow from their thoughts and emotions to achieve full positive energy.
Organized in an orderly step-by-step format, the guidebook is divided into thirteen chapters with each chapter building upon the other. The author further intersperses his thought-provoking viewpoints with well-wrought poetry that accomplishes a unique etherealness, precariously tethered to the present with a gossamer string ultimately making the reading a unique experience.
In this era of Artificial Intelligence, a balance is much needed especially since electronic gadgets have dominated our contemporary world. Being a universal challenge, Hansen suggests the use of viglets that will help diffuse negative energy and helps one ease up by spoofing whatever irks one as we slowly get drawn into our technology.
Applying the right amounts of humor and disposition, the book makes its case by giving brushes of advice through vibrant prose and indelible optimism. The poetic entries are rich in distinctly evocative verses amplified by hankering and precision of language. They draw from familiar objects and lend themselves to repeat perusal and in-depth reflections. Further, they move in tandem with the subject matter that is being addressed without clogging the pages.
Viglets: Pithy Wisdom for a Balanced Life teaches, cautions, and edifies. With viglets, Author Hansen advises that peeves which often seem overwhelming the moment are ignored while bigger issues are faced with poise and the right amounts of humor. The text draws heavy inspiration from the author’s own life providing a humanizing and analytical component within the text. The tone used further provides a gentle nudge to readers with its actionable option for all who feel their lives are compressed by tech gadgets and almost fully dependent on machines.
Hansen’s cogent, well-layered prose and approachable language make this ode consumable to the public. It is a much-needed tool to navigate these present times where technology is shaping the future of humanity in nearly every industry.
