Tsundoku reviewed Creative block by Danielle Krysa
A lot of these people went to art school
4 stars
Was hoping for more "Outsider Artists" but I realize the flaw with that with the whole "usually discovered after their death" thing. Can't interview corpses (unless you use a Ouija board). Anyway, I want to be clear, this is nice. I'm not going to use all the exercises because next to none of them are designed for writing. I might do the sketching ones. And I kind of DO want to pick up collage.
Anyway, I don't Think it helped with my creative block, but I don't regret reading it.
I want to be clear: most of my problems with this book are personal problems, and I think it's FINE provided you don't get ideas that it will solve WRITER'S BLOCK. (unless the idea is to take up a different medium for a bit). It's a solid book, just be careful of your preconceived expectations.
And please tell me if …
Was hoping for more "Outsider Artists" but I realize the flaw with that with the whole "usually discovered after their death" thing. Can't interview corpses (unless you use a Ouija board). Anyway, I want to be clear, this is nice. I'm not going to use all the exercises because next to none of them are designed for writing. I might do the sketching ones. And I kind of DO want to pick up collage.
Anyway, I don't Think it helped with my creative block, but I don't regret reading it.
I want to be clear: most of my problems with this book are personal problems, and I think it's FINE provided you don't get ideas that it will solve WRITER'S BLOCK. (unless the idea is to take up a different medium for a bit). It's a solid book, just be careful of your preconceived expectations.
And please tell me if there is a cool work about outsider artists. I got really into Henry Darger after that documentary: In the Realms of the Unreal