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Tag: Art
Finding THAT Book, a guest post by Mark Fearing
Reading and I didn’t have a great start. Writing and I have an even more complicated history.
You Can Heal Through Art, a guest post by Robin Roe
For the person who reads Dark Room Etiquette, I hope they’re comforted, see themselves, see their potential for growth and recovery, see their ability to create their own art, and know that even if they’re hurting right now, they can make it out of the dark.
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Reforging Creativity, a guest post by Jay Hosler
Santiago Ramon y Cajal is my hero. He took art and science and he reforged them into a single creative endeavor. He helped unlock some of the fundamental mysteries of our dragon-imagining brains with inventive ingenuity and artist flair.
Stubborn Storytelling: Rejection is Not The End, a guest post by Elissa Sussman
Hayley’s story is my story. Maybe it’s your story too. A story about being talented and ambitious and extremely, extremely stubborn. I’m so proud of it and thrilled that I can finally share it with the world.
Book Review: Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Publisher’s description Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father’s paint. She chose paint. By the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. She was one of Rome’s most […]
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Book Review: The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman
Publisher’s description Bugs, of all kinds, were considered to be “born of mud” and to be “beasts of the devil.” Why would anyone, let alone a girl, want to study and observe them? One of the first naturalists to observe live insects directly, Maria Sibylla Merian was also one of the first to document the […]
Book Review: Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Publisher’s description A gorgeous and emotionally resonant debut novel about a half-Japanese teen who grapples with social anxiety and her narcissist mother in the wake of a crushing rejection from art school. Kiko Himura has always had a hard time saying exactly what she’s thinking. With a mother who makes her feel unremarkable and a […]
Book Review: Original Fake by Kirstin Cronn-Mills with art by E. Eero Johnson
Thanks to Penguin generously donating some ARCs for Kirstin’s recent visit to my library, I have two extra to raffle off. You can enter via the Rafflecopter, by (re)tweeting this review, or by following me on Twitter (@CiteSomething). Contest runs 4/19 to 4/21. US entries only, please. Publisher’s description In this Banksy-inspired illustrated novel, an escalating […]
Book Review: This Song Is (Not) For You by Laura Nowlin
Publisher’s description Ramona fell for Sam the moment she met him. It was like she had known him forever. He’s one of the few constants in her life, and their friendship is just too important to risk for a kiss. Though she really wants to kiss him… Sam loves Ramona, but he would never expect […]
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