the idea: help clarify your ideas by talking them over with someone else. This is a pretty routine idea but it was so vital tonight that I had to add it. As you know if you’ve been reading my blog, I’ve been hard at work on my book. However, most of the time I am on my own …
the idea: research and write a book about artists who found art while being ill This idea has been swinging around in my head for a while. Through my art history classes, my own art research, and what I’ve found out through teaching, I’ve heard a lot of stories about artists who found their art while …
the idea: don’t make art, just make something This idea is actually the title for the book and accompanying workshop that I am creating as my master’s thesis this spring. The seed for it was planted a little less than a year ago when I started thinking of developing a creativity training program that I could …
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The idea: make business cards for books On Thursday the thesis seminar for my master’s degree will meet for the first time. For my thesis I plan to write a book and create a workshop that goes along with it. (More to come on that later!) I’m planning to create the whole book by hand …
Usually I am very careful with my money. The past few weeks, I got an extra cushion from the stipend for my fellowship, started spending money on Christmas presents, and loosened up enough to actually buy myself some things as well. And by things I mean books. In the Spring I plan to design and …
Good books are medicine to a creative mind. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted to just drone out in front of TV but instead pick up a book and turn my evening from sludgery to inspiration. My latest book binge came on the employee discount day at the Museum of Fine Arts. …
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