Search results for “the art of asking”
Big Magic: Elizabeth Gilbert on Creative Courage and the Art of Living in a State of Uninterrupted Marvel
“Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?”
The Midwifery of Creativity: Beloved Poet Denise Levertov on How a Great Work of Art Is Born
On giving shape to the stimulus “selected by some interior mysterious process out of all the other minutes and hours.”
The Road to Character: David Brooks on the Art of Stumbling, “Résumé Virtues” vs. “Eulogy Virtues,” and the Humility Code of Living a Meaningful Life
“We are all stumblers, and the beauty and meaning of life are in the stumbling.”
Creative Courage for Young Hearts: 15 Emboldening Picture Books Celebrating the Lives of Great Artists, Writers, and Scientists
Jane Goodall, Julia Child, Pablo Neruda, Marie Curie, E.E. Cummings, Albert Einstein, Ella Fitzgerald, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Frida Kahlo, and more.
The Artist’s Reality: Mark Rothko’s Little-Known Writings on Art, Artists, and What the Notion of Plasticity Reveals about Storytelling
“While the authority of the doctor or plumber is never questioned, everyone deems himself a good judge and an adequate arbiter of what a work of art should be and how it should be done.”
Legendary Designer Charles Eames on Creativity, the Value of the Arts in Education, and His Advice to Students
“There is always a need for anyone that can do a simple job thoroughly.”
Poet and Philosopher David Whyte on the Deeper Meanings of Friendship, Love, and Heartbreak
“All friendships of any length are based on a continued, mutual forgiveness. Without tolerance and mercy all friendships die.”
The Art of Motherfuckitude: Cheryl Strayed’s Advice to an Aspiring Writer on Faith and Humility
“Writing is hard for every last one of us… Coal mining is harder. Do you think miners stand around all day talking about how hard it is to mine for coal? They do not. They simply dig.”
Sidewalk Flowers: An Illustrated Ode to Presence and the Everyday Art of Noticing in a Culture of Obsessive Distracted Productivity
A gentle wordless celebration of the true material of aliveness.
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