I've spent the first week of my Easter holiday looking at a book that I bought on the suggested reading from Bob P. - The Art of Looking Sideways. It's a rather large and heavy tome, some 2" thick with an almost square format. A brilliant collection of images, ideas and lines of wisdom for any artist, I'd thoroughly recommend it! (Thanks Bob!)...
On the second page, there's a quote from Michel de Montaigne "I quote others only the better to express myself"... So in that tone, the Art of Looking Sideways' Author Alan Fletcher writes; "More of a visual jackdaw than a compulsive collector, I acquire stuff"... which I copy here in recognition of this wonderful book. It's almost like a scrapbook, but clean and tidy... It provides an insight to so many things that you may, ... in fact, are unlikely, to ever notice. I love it! It's the sort of book you can pick up (if you're feeling strong, as it's quite heavy too), and flick to any page to either find an intriguing image, quote or other text. You can get completely lost in it for hours, or perhaps, just a few minutes while waiting for a bus! (I'd recommend you go out with a sturdy bag too, because you wouldn't want to get it wet, as it's thick, big and heavy - a bit like me then you may cry?)...
Anyway, the essence of the book as I see it from perhaps my naive quarters is that it's all about PLAY!!!... Something that I need to do much more of...
So I'm off to do just that...
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