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January 2007
Feature
Article:
No Pressure
Books:
Hodgkinson, Tom. How to Be Idle. 2006.
Links:
www.idler.co.uk
February 2007
Feature
Article:
Welcoming the Unthinkable
Books:
Cameron, Julia. Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance. 2006.
Links:
http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2006/05/ever_heard_of_t.html
March 2007
Feature Article:
Bring It On Home
Books:
Gould, Stephen Jay and Purcell, Rosamond Wolff. Crossing Over: Where
Art and Science Meet. 2000.
Links:
www.bennettbean.com/adirector.htm
April 2007
Feature Article:
Words and Pictures
Books:
Vreeland, Susan. Life Studies. 2005.
Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 2004.
Links:
www.edwardtufte.com
May 2007
Feature Article:
Not Just a Pretty Picture
Books:
Duncan, David James. My Story as Told by Water. 2001
Links:
www.skagitcounty.net/museum
June 2007
Feature Article:
Discounted Strengths
Books:
Zelinski, Ernie J. The Lazy Person’s Guide to Success. 2002.
Links:
www.ComfortQueen.com
July 2007
Feature Article:
Hank
Williams to Michelangelo
Books:
Quinn, Robert. Change the World: How Ordinary People Can Accomplish
Extraordinary Results. 2000.
Links:
www.deepchange.com
August 2007
Feature Article:
Pushes and Pulls
Books:
Audette, Anna Held. The Blank Canvas: Inviting the Muse. 1993.
Links:
http://www.museonorberto.com
http://membres.lycos.fr/amerghada
September 2007
Feature Article:
Stopped but not Stuck
Books:
Bailey, W. H. Defining Edges: A New Look at Picture Frames.
2002.
Rich, Lani Diane. The Fortune Quilt. 2007.
Links:
www.ericmaisel.com
October 2007
Feature Article:
Meandering Paths
Books:
Cameron, Julia. Floor Sample. 2006.
Links:
www.eomega.org
www.soundstrue.com
November 2007
Feature Article:
Framing
and Reframing
Books:
Heath, Chip and Heath, Dan. Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive
and Others Die. 2007.
Links:
http://www.goldenpaints.com/justpaint/jp17article1.php
December 2007
Feature Article:
I Don’t Know …. Yet
Books:
Robinson, Jo & Staeheli, Jean Coppock. Unplug the Christmas
Machine: A complete guide to putting love and joy back into the
season. 1991.
Links:
http://www.annegeddes.com/
January 2008
Feature Article:
New
Year Wakeup Call
Books:
Brizendine, Louann. The Female Brain. 2006.
Links:
http://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/Brain
February 2008
Feature Article:
The Power of Naming
Books:
Godin, Seth. The Dip: The Little Book that Teaches You When to Quit
(and When to Quit). 2007.
Links:
www.surfacedesign.org
March 2008
Feature Article:
Spring
Patterns and Elements
Books:
Alexander, Christopher. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings,
construction. 1977.
Alexander, Christopher. The Timeless Way of Building. 1979.
Easton, Valerie. A
Pattern Garden:The Essential Elements of Garden Making.
2007.
Hemenway, Toby. Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture.
2000.
Links:
http://www.edwardtufte.com
April 2008
Feature Article:
Hard to Start, Hard to Stop
Books:
Freeman-Zachary,
Rice. The Creative Life: Ideas and Inspiration from Working Artists. 2007.
Links:
http://procrastinationblog.com/procrastination-quotes/
May 2008
Feature Article: Biodiversity
in the Creative Container
Books:
Sher, Barbara. Refuse to Choose: A Revolutionary Program for
Doing Everything that you Love. 2006.
Sher, Barbara and Gottlieb, Annie. Wishcraft. 2003. (2nd
reissue edition).
Sher, Barbara. It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now: How to
Create Your Second Life at Any Age. 1999
Sher, Barbara. I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was.
1995.
Links:
www.barbarasher.com
June 2008
Feature Article:
Making Headway
Books:
Pressfield, Steven. The War of Art. Break Through Blocks and Win
your Inner Creative Battles. 2007.
Links:
www.ndoylefineart.com/artmaking.html
July 2008
Feature Article:
Subscribing to Your Passions
Books:
Writer’s Market
and
International Directory of Little Magazines and Small Presses.
Annual.
Links:
www.linkism.com/artist_resources/art-news.htm and
www.zeroland.co.nz/art_ezines.html
August 2008
Feature Article:
The Relaxed Goals of August
Books:
Britten, Rhonda. Change Your Life in 30 Days: A Journey to
Finding Your True Self. 2005.
Links:
www.makingmemories.org
;
www.bridalgarden.org
September 2008
Feature
Article:
Scoring for the Olympic Gold
Links:
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3338/
October 2008
Feature
Article: Women's
Work
Books:
Tannen, Deborah. Are You Wearing That? 2001.
Johnson, Spencer.
Who Moved My Cheese?
1998
Forster, Margaret. Keeping the World Away.
2008
Links:
http://www.nmwa.org/ ;www.google.com
November 2008
Feature
Article: Which Niche
Books:
Smith, Constance with Greaves, Susan F.
Internet 101 for the Fine Artist. 2nd Edition.
Keen, Andrew.
The Cult of the Amateur. 2007.
Links:
http://www.nichemag.com ;
www.americanstyle.com
December 2008
Feature
Article: Hibernation
Books:
Laroze, Catherine.
The Art of Being: Recapturing the Self.
2005.
Keen, Andrew.
The Cult of the Amateur. 2007.
Links:
http://www.gnorb.net/personal-development/20060928/how-to-power-nap/\
January 2009
Feature
Article: Rousing from Hibernation
Books:
Helgoe, Laurie. Why Your Inner Life is Your Hidden Strength.
2008.
Links:
www.gettingthingsdone.com
February 2009
Feature
Article: Working Styles
Books:
Progoff, Ira. At a Journal Workshop. Revised Edition 1992.
Links:
www.yde.dk/charlotte/english
March 2009
Feature
Article: Discovering Sharks' Teeth
Books:
Grierson, Bruce. U-Turn: What if you Woke Up One Morning and
Realized You Were Living the Wrong Life. 2007.
Links:http://craftemergency.org/
April 2009
Feature
Article:
Islands of Creativity
Books:
Pirsig, Robert. Lila: An Inquiry into Morals. 1991.
Links:
www.fredbabb.com
May 2009
Feature
Article: Follow the Music
Books:
Maxwell, Robin. Signora Da Vinci. 1991.
Links:
http://www.ttms.org/writing_quality/voice.htm
June 2009
Feature
Article:
The Gift of Leaves
Books:
Weiner, Eric. The Geography of Bliss. 2008.
Links:
www.ted.com
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html
July 2009
Feature
Article:
Emotional Bookmarking* and Creative Decisions
Books:
Gonzales, Laurence. Deep Survival. Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why.
2003
Robinson, Ken. The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes
Everything. 2009.
Gruber, Michael. The Forgery of Venus. 2008.
August 2009
Feature
Article:
Ac-cent-chu-ate the Positive
Books:
Hendricks, Gay. The Big Leap. 2009.
Ranck, Christine and Nunner Christopher Lee. Ignite the Genius
Within: Discover Your Full Potential. 2009.
September
2009
Feature
Article:
In Such a State
Books:
Grey, Alex. The
Mission of Art.
1998.
Ian, Janis. Society’s Child. 2009.
October 2009
Feature
Article:
Time in a Major Key
Books:
Zimbardo, Philip. The Time Paradox. 2008.
Vreeland, Susan. Luncheon of the Boating Party. 2007.
http://fora.tv/2008/11/12/Philip_Zimbardo_The_Time_Paradox
www.thetimeparadox.com
November 2009
Feature
Article:
State Changes and Too Many Hats
Books:
Hyde, Lewis. Philip. The Gift. 2007, Blanton, Brad. Radical Honesty. 2003.
December 2009
Feature
Article:
Hours and Hours
Books:
Gladwell, Malcolm. Philip. Outliers. 2008.
January 2010
Feature
Article:
Climate Change
Books:
Schneider, Katie. All We Know of Love.
2000.
February 2010
Feature
Article:
Scheduling and Drama
Books:
Honoré, Carl. In Praise of Slowness. 2004.
March 2010
Feature
Article:
The Two Harpies
Books:
Ben-Shar, Tel.
The Pursuit of Perfect. 2009.
Liu, Eric and Noppe-Brandon, Scott. Imagination
First: Unlocking the power of possibility. 2009.
April 2010
Feature
Article:
Making Art that Makes a Difference
Books:
Newberg, Andrew and Waldman, Mark. How God Changes Your Brain.
2009.
Ben-Shar, Tel.
The Pursuit of Perfect. 2009.
Barbery, Muriel. The Elegance of the Hedgehog. 2009.
http://www.the-music-room.net/TMR/Blog/Entries/2009/2/20_Welcome_Address_to_Boston_Conservatory_of_Music_Incoming
May 2010
Feature
Article:
Art
Abroad
Clark, Robert. Dark Water. 2008.
www.virtualuffizi.com/uffizi/index.htm
http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/en/edefault.htm
June 2010
Feature
Article:
Shifting
Gears
Harmon, Katherine. The Map as Art. 2009.
www.daniellawoolf.com