I was looking for some summer inspiration and asked a bunch of people for their favorite books about art, the creative process, or the life of an artist. I thought you all might be interested in the final list. So far, I've picked up a few and they are great!
One came in the mail today and the opening quote reads
"The Wu Li Masters know that 'science' and 'religion' are only dances, and that those who follow them are dancers. The dancers may claim to follow 'truth' or claim to seek 'reality' but the Wu Li Masters know better. They know that the true love of all dancers is dancing." - Gary Zukav (introduction to Ellen Glichrist's Falling Through Space).
Thank you to all that shared. I hope you find some inspiration to make art!
Best, Olive Prince
Here's the list: Summer Reading 2008
Chandralekha Woman Dance Resistance by Rustom Bharucha
Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren
Last Night on Earth by Bill T. Jones
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: A Life of Contemporary Artist Robert Irwin
The Geography of Nowhere: The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape by James Howard Kunstler
Sensitive Chaos: The Creation of Flowing Forms in Water and Air- by Theodor Schwenk
Alma Guillermo Prieto, Samba
My Life: Isadora Duncan by Isadora Duncan
Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy by Barbara Ehrenreich
"Mumbo Jumbo" by Ishmael Reed
"Crock of Gold" by James Stephens
Born standing up by Steve Martin,
The Knowing Body: The Artist as Storyteller in Contemporary Performance- by Louise Steinman
The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life by Ken J. Gergen
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey:
FEAST OF LOVE by Charles Baxter.
Something Like an Autobiography by Akira Kurosawa
Henry Chapman Mercer and the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works by Cleota Reed
'Dancing Identity: Metaphysics in Motion' by Sondra Fraleigh's
'The Dancing Self' by Carol Press
'Art and Intimacy: How the Arts Began' by Ellen Dissanayake's
A biography of Eleanora Duse entitled "Eleanora Duse" by Helen Sheehy.
Falling Through Space The Journals of Ellen Gilchrist, by Ellen Gilchrist
Angry Women a collection of essays written by 'cutting edge' performance artists such as Bell Hooks, Annie Sprinkle, Carolee Schneemann, etc
Enjoy! -- Olive Prince Dance Artist and Educator Philadelphia, PA oliveprincedance at gmail.com
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