| My life as an artist is a constant journey as I struggle to find the work I am meant to do and then bring it out into the world. Here are some books that have guided me along the way. | ||
 |  |  |
| The Art Spirit
by Robert Henri $13.57 I was introduced to The Art Spirit in a calligraphy workshop in New York with Welsh calligrapher Ieuan Rees in 1983. It has of... | Art & Fear: Observations On the Perils ...
by David Bayles $9.20 I come back often to Art & Fear, sometimes for myself and sometimes for others, for just the right words of encouragement and ... | The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for...
by Twyla Tharp $11.21 I found The Creative Habit when I had completed the Spirit Book Series and was feeling adrift. Reading it and doing the exerci... |
 |  |  |
| Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind (Shambhala Library)
by Shunryu Suzuki $12.89 In 1982, I took a workshop with Jaki Svaren, author of Written Letters, at a calligraphy conference. What I learned about lett... | Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke $5.95 I first read Letters to a Young Poet when I was commissioned to do a quote from it in calligraphy many years ago. When I rerea... | The Shape of Content (The Charles Eliot Nor...
by Ben Shahn $12.24 I discovered The Shape of Content when I was teaching calligraphy at Rivier College and still feeling uncomfortable calling my... |
Being An Artist/Insight and Inspiration
