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SOURCES
The same pull I felt last chapter towards doing the assignments in my journal, I feel in this chapter towards finding sources for creativity all around me. Like Charles Eames taught Corita, “to see that there is no line where art stops and life begins” (p. 42).
First, I think of my own creative sources & the gratitude I feel for every coffee on the couch conversation, class, workshop, powder day, article, book, I’ve had in my own creative life. Creative sources are friends, teachers, mentors, strangers - as Corita says, “we are each other’s sources'' (p. 43, 50). They can also look like nature, the work of artists, and just things you like - for Corita she’d “gather things up first because I like them and then they become sources” (p. 48). This approach in thinking opens up many avenues for you to pull sources for creativity out of your daily life.
Author and drawer
examines and writes about one of my favorite deep dive into sources through his book, Steal Like an Artist. Corita shared similar thoughts about “stealing” and “saluting your sources” - I think she would have really enjoyed reading Kleon’s book and the accompanying drawings.Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
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