Whether these books are old friends or new acquaintances, savor the ideas included in this book flight the way you might enjoy a flight of chocolate or fine cheese. How might slowing down and sampling a range of ideas in relation to one another reveal new insight?
MARY ALICE OPERATOR NUMBER NINE
Jeffrey Allen
PAGE THROUGH FOR:
Laughter * Encouragement * Whimsy
A LINGERING NOTE:
“Dear Mary Alice, No one can do the job the way you do, not even me. Welcome back to work. Signed, Nancy Chicken, your grateful boss.”
STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST
Austin Kleon
PAGE THROUGH FOR:
Practical Strategies * Renewed Creative Energy * A Fresh Mindset
A LINGERING NOTE:
“A wonderful flaw about human beings is that we’re incapable of making perfect copies. Our failure to copy our heroes is where we discover where our own thing lives. That is how we evolve.”
DEAR GENIUS
edited by Leonard S. Marcus
PAGE THROUGH FOR:
Stories of Fellow Writers and Artists * Common Sense Reminders * Encouragement
A LINGERING NOTE (NORDSTROM TO MAURICE SENDAK):
“Sure, Tolstoy and Melville have a lot of furniture in their books and they also know a lot of facts…but that isn’t the only sort of genius, you know that. You are more of a poet in your writing, at least right now … You write and draw from the inside out—which is why I said poet.”
TOGETHER:
A powerful reminder that there’s only one you. By viewing yourself in relation to others, you gain perspective on the unique qualities that make your voice your own.
I’M LEFT CONSIDERING:
Which artists do I resemble in genre, tone, and sensibility? What might I learn about my creative voice by reflecting on our similarities? What might I learn from observing our differences, especially when it comes to the nuances of what we each have to offer?
