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B3227. Letters to a Young Artist / Julia Cameron.
Letters to a Young Artist: Building a Life in Art by Julia Cameron. 2005. 164pp. 6"x9". Hardcover $19.95.
In the tradition of Rilke's Letters To A Young Poet, this is an original and inspiring work from the bestselling author of The Artist's Way. A rare window into the creative process, this book is an inspired volume from this leading authority on creativity and art.
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B3176. You Must Reivse Your Life
You Must Revise Your Life by William Stafford. 1986. 136pp. 25" x 8". Paperback.
Presents Stafford's views on writing as process, as "the continuing encounter between self and materials that distinguishes the practice of art." Included in the book are a selection of Stafford's poetry on the subject of writing, and an essay on the origins and influences of his art. Recommended by Laurie Doctor.
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B3181. Creative Edge by Mary Todd Beam
B2871. The Creative Edge: Exercises to Celebrate your Creative Self by Mary Todd Beam. 2009. 144pp. 8.5" x 10.5". Hardcover. Hidden Spiral
In this follow-up to Celebrate Your Creative Self, Mary Todd Beam demonstrates how to take your creativity to the next level by further exploring ways to use color, design, metaphors, and symbols to bring that creative edge to your work. New techniques focus on expressing life experiences and recording the world around you in addition to insights of artistic expressing from Beam and a host of contributing artists.
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B3182. Element, The / Ken Robinson
The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything by Ken Robinson. 288pp. 5.5"x8.25". Hardcover $24.95
The Element is the point at which natural talent meets personal passion. When you arrive at the Element, you feel most yourself and most inspired, and you achieve at your highest levels. The diversity of intelligence, the power of imagination and creativity, and the importance of commitment to our own capabilities are explored. Presents the conditions that enable you to come into the Element and those that stifle that possibility. Recommended by Barbara Close
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B2859. New Drawing on Right Side of Brain
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in EnhancingCreativity and the Artistic Confidence
By Betty Edwards
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B2864. Book of Questions
The Book of Questions, translated by William O'Daly. Second edition 2001. 78pp. 5.5" x 7.5".
This book of poems is recommended by instructors at the summer calligraphy conference. Bilingual edition.
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B2978. Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers
Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers by Leonard Koren. 1994. 96pp 5.5"x8.5"
This book, an enduring classic, first introduced Western artists to wabi-sabi."a conspicuous and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese beauty....Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete...wabi-sabi could even be called the 'Zen of things,' as it exemplifies many of Zen's core spiritual-philosophical tenets ." The book - its text, images and design - is still your best entry.
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B1772. Free Play/Nachmanovitch
Free Play: Improvisation in Life and Art
By Stephen Nachmanovitch
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B2275. Life, Paint and Passion
Life, Paint, and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Expression
By Michele Cassou and Stewart Cubley
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B2313. Art & Fear/Bayles
Art & Fear
By David Bayles
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