Reads tagged with “art”
The Magic Boat: A Brilliant Vintage “Interactive” Children’s Book by Freud’s Eccentric Niece Named Tom
Visionary interactive storytelling designed to “delight and surprise,” with human tragedy on the side.
The Missing Piece Meets the Big O: Shel Silverstein’s Sweet Allegory for the Simple Secret of Love and the Key to Nurturing Relationships
A gentle reminder that the best relationships don’t complete us but let us grow and become more fully ourselves.
The Agony of the Artist (with a capital A): E.E. Cummings on What It Really Means to Be an Artist and His Little-Known Line Drawings
“The Artist is no other than he who unlearns what he has learned, in order to know himself.”
A Decadent Decade of Design Matters: 10 Years of Intelligent and Inspiring Interviews with Creative Icons
Stimulating, ennobling, deeply human conversations with Maira Kalman, Seth Godin, Dani Shapiro, Malcolm Gladwell, Chris Ware, Shepard Fairey, and more.
Gertrude Stein’s “Word Portrait” of the Love of Her Life, Illustrated
“Some one who was living was almost always listening. Some one who was loving was almost always listening.”
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.”
The Nature and Nurture of Genius: The Sweet Illustrated Story of How Henri Matisse’s Childhood Shaped His Creative Legacy
A heartening testament to the nourishing power of parental love in the cultivation of greatness.
The People’s Platform: An Essential Manifesto for Reclaiming Our Cultural Commons in the Age of Commerce
“We are embedded beings who create work in a social context, toiling shared soil in the hopes that our labor bears fruit. It is up to all of us whether this soil is enriched or depleted, whether it nurtures diverse and vital produce or allows predictable crops to take root and run rampant.”
How to Work Through Difficulty: Lewis Carroll’s Three Tips for Overcoming Creative Block
“When you have made a thorough and reasonably long effort, to understand a thing, and still feel puzzled by it, stop, you will only hurt yourself by going on.”
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