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Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiii, 129 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"A designer's guide to facing fear and standing up for yourself"--
"The everyday moments of creative work can be rife with fear and fraught with risk. Bringing ideas into reality takes courage! In Drawing on Courage, designer, entrepreneur, and d.school teaching fellow Ashish Goel examines what it takes to be courageous. Using comics to illustrate real-world situations with humor and insight, Goel explains the four stages of every courage journey:...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages : charts ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Have you always wanted to write a book, but don't know where to start? Or maybe you're really great at writing the first few chapters . . . but you never quite make it to the end? Or do you finally have a finished manuscript, but you're not sure what to do next? Fear not -- if you have writing-related questions, this book has answers! Whether you're writing for fun or to build a career, bestselling author Ally Carter is ready to help you make your...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"If you've ever wanted to know how to find your creative style and build your brand but didn't know who to ask, full-time artist Aurélia Durand's got you covered! Inside, discover Aurélia's path from art school student to internationally recognized artist. Inspired by questions she is regularly asked,Aurélia shares how she did it, the lessons she and her artist friends have learned along the way, and how you can start your creative journey." --...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author's own novels. Haruki Murakami's myriad fans will be delighted by this unique look into the mind of a master storyteller. In this engaging book, the internationally best-selling author and famously reclusive writer shares with readers what he thinks about being a novelist; his thoughts on the role of the novel in our society; his own origins as a writer; and his musings on the...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book is a guide to the process of artistic self-discovery"--
Find Your Artistic Voice helps artists and creatives identify and nurture their own visual identity. This one-of-a-kind book helps artists navigate the influence of creators they admire, while simultaneously appreciating the value of their personal journey. Features down-to-earth and encouraging advice from Congdon herself, filled with interviews with established artists, illustrators,...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1996
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 338 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In Best Words, Best Order, Stephen Dobyns explains the mystery of the poet's work and the ability of poetry to communicate thoughts and feelings between the writer and the reader. Through essays on memory and metaphor, pacing and the intricacies of voice and tone, and thoughtful appreciations of Chekhov, Ritsos, Mandelstam, and Rilke, Dobyns guides readers and writers through poetry's mysterious twilight communiques. Dobyns, a poet and teacher, has...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xxxix, 435 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A modern classic cherished by many of the greatest artists of our time, The Gift is a brilliant, life-changing defense of the value of creative labor. Drawing on examples from folklore and literature, history and tribal customs, economics and modern copyright law, Lewis Hyde demonstrates how our society--governed by the marketplace--is poorly equipped to determine the worth of artists' work. He shows us that another way is possible: the alternative...
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
150 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Pretentiousness is for anyone who has braved being different, whether that's making a stand against artistic consensus or running the gauntlet of the last bus home dressed differently from everyone else. It's an essential ingredient in pop music and high art. Why do we choose accusations of elitism over open-mindedness? What do our anxieties about "pretending" say about us? Co-editor of Frieze, Europe's foremost magazine of contemporary art and culture,...
53) Making a life
Author
Publisher
Artisan, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
319 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
By profiling 30 creatives, the author explores how making by hand is the key to discovering one's passion--whether that means spinning natural fibers, carving a wooden bowl, or creating elaborate papercuts.
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
228 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A captivating meditation on the power of the sentence by the author of Essayism, a 2018 New Yorker book of the year. In Suppose a Sentence, Brian Dillon, whom John Banville has called "a literary flâneur in the tradition of Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin," has written a sequel of sorts to Essayism, his roaming love letter to literature. In this new book Dillon turns his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of...
58) An artist
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
c1980
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Briefly explains how the artist tries to recreate God's world using his paints.
Author
Publisher
Atria Paperback
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First Atria Paperback/Beyond Words trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xxvi, 196 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Do you remember being a child and the pure joy brought on by a box of crayons and piece of paper? Do you still find yourself sketching away every time you pick up a pencil? That's because drawing is a natural impulse that stays with us throughout our entire lives. Whether you are doodling in a notebook or carving your name in the sand, this simple, stream-of-consciousness activity is a window into your deepest, truest self. In Making Marks, you'll...
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