When you are describing, A shape, or sound, or tint; Don't state the matter plainly, But put it in a hint; And learn to look at all things, With a sort of mental squint. ~Lewis Carroll
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What books are on your ideal bookshelf?
A new book by editor Thessaly La Force and Illustrator Jane Mount titled "My Ideal Bookshelf" asks a number of well known creative people for the books they would choose for this conceit. Below is William Wegman's shelf. http://www.idealbookshelf.com/
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And a final Presidential quote: “Libraries should be open to all - except the censor.” -- John F. Kennedy
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From one President to another: "I cannot live without books." Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, June 10, 1815
QOTD – Election Day
In honor of politics and of Hollywood's fall season, which features Spielberg's "Lincoln," here is a quote about writing from our 16th President himself: “Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world... enabling us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn, … Continue reading QOTD – Election Day
QOTD and two blogs worth checking out
"With a good script, a good director can produce a masterpiece. With the same script, a mediocre director can produce a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can't possibly make a good film. For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and … Continue reading QOTD and two blogs worth checking out
Relationship Between Age and Creativity
Researchers, psychologists, art historians have studied, debated and pondered the correlation between age and artistic creativity throughout history. Pablo Picasso, Mozart, and T.S. Elliot all created some of their most well known art in their twenties, while Cezanne, Hitchcock, and Robert Frost produced some of their most important works in their forties, fifties and later. The … Continue reading Relationship Between Age and Creativity
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“Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others.” —Virginia Woolf
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Take a pencil to write with on aeroplanes. Pens leak. But if the pencil breaks, you can’t sharpen it on the plane, because you can’t take knives with you. Therefore: take two pencils. -- Margaret Atwood
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“To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic” -- Pablo Picasso
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