Brainpicking's review of A Solemn Pleasure: To Imagine, Witness, and Write by Melissa Pritchard is an homage to the both tender and fierce art of writing
On Being's contributor Omid Safi writes about sacred housekeeping
I discovered this inspiring book of illustrated journals, An Illustrated Life, at the home of the pioneering, extraordinary Norwegian artist and gentle activist Eva Bakkeslett
I'm re-reading Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland: “To the artist, all problems of art appear uniquely personal. Well, that's understandable enough, given that not many other activities routinely call one's basic self-worth into question.”