annieb123
Written on Apr 12, 2015
If we have nothing to look back on, it's impossible to get a sense of how far we've come.
I really enjoyed this 'book' a lot.
Who hasn't, at one time or other, kept a journal? The impulse to record our daily lives on paper is nothing if not universal. Still, only a few of us have the discipline to make it past the first few entries, and fewer still manage to create diaries whose insight and visual beauty can inspire anyone but their authors. Drawing from Life: The Journal as Art is an exploration of these exceptionsbooks of obsessive wonder filled to their borders with drawings, sketches, watercolors, graphs, charts, lists, collages, portraits, and photographs.Jennifer New takes readers on a spirited tour into the private worlds of journal keepersan architect, a traveler, a film director, an archeologist, a cancer patient, a songwriter, a quiltmaker, a gardener, an artist, a cyclist, and a scientist, to name just a fewillustrating a broad range of journaling styles and techniques that in the end show how each of us can go about documenting our everyday lives. Excerpts from journals by such artists as Maira Kalman, Steven Holl, David Byrne, and Mike Figgis give us a peek at how creative souls observe, reflect, and explore.
For those who already keep a journal, Drawing from Life will be an inspiration. For those who have always wanted toor tried and failedit might just be the motivation needed to get past that first week.
- ISBN13 9781568984452
- Publish Date 2 June 2005 (first published 1 January 2005)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 12 December 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Princeton Architectural Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English
Reviews
If we have nothing to look back on, it's impossible to get a sense of how far we've come.
I really enjoyed this 'book' a lot.