In my approach to art, reading is essential. Inspiration can come from ideas, individuals, phrases, titles, or the totality of a book. This is the list of books which I (or mostly) have completed in 2019.
Where the Heart
Beats, Kay Larson |
| The Moon and Sixpence, W. Somerset Maugham |
| Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World of
Noise, Thich Nhat Hahn |
| The Upanishads, Swami Parmananda (editor) |
| The Spirit of Zen, Alan S. Watts |
| Franny and Zooey, J.D. Salinger |
| On the Road, Jack Kerouac |
| The Dharma Bums, Jack Kerouac |
| The Best Minds of My Generation, Allan Ginsberg |
| The Mother Wart, Dylan Krieger |
| The Razor's Edge, W. Somerset Maugham |
| Little Birds, Anais Nin |
| Bad Behavior, Mary Gaitskill |
| The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Underland: A Deep Time Journey, Robert Macfarlane |
| The Collected Schizophrenias, Esme Weijun Wang |
| The Power of Different: The Link Between
Disorder and Genius, Gail Saltz, M.D. |
| Touched With Fire: Manic-Depressive
Illness and the Artistic Temperament, Kay Redfield Jameion |
| The Old Ways - A Journey On Foot, Robert Macfarlane |
| Outside Looking In, T. C. Boyle |
| The Living Mountain, Nan Shepherd |
| Lou Reed, Anthony DeCurtis |
| The Wild Places, Robert Macfarlane |
| Ninth Street Women, Mary Gabriel |
| A Lesson Before Dying, Ernest Gaines |
| The Zen of Creativity, John Daido Loori |
