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Persist: In Praise Of The Creative Spirit In A World Gone Mad With Commerce
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Peter Clothier (Goodreads Author)
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Peter Clothier is alarmingly wise, committed, honest, and vibrant an artist. His passion in life is writing: his passion has positively affected more artists than is calculable. Though he has been a teacher and administrator of some of our more important art institutions - be they schools or journals or lecture circuits - he is first and foremost a poet. Yes, he has written several books of poetry and that is one of the many tangents he addresses ...more
Peter Clothier is alarmingly wise, committed, honest, and vibrant an artist. His passion in life is writing: his passion has positively affected more artists than is calculable. Though he has been a teacher and administrator of some of our more important art institutions - be they schools or journals or lecture circuits - he is first and foremost a poet. Yes, he has written several books of poetry and that is one of the many tangents he addresses ...more
I am not an artist, per se. Nevertheless, I found this little book to be profound and useful.
It relies on a bit of Buddhist philosophy for its premise, which is fine with me. It even includes some easy breathing exercises that offer a good beginner's guide to meditation.
I believe that, for those who worry about the effect of the "military-industrial complex," on our daily lives, our values and our culture, a mode of opposition is starting to develop that is mo...more
It relies on a bit of Buddhist philosophy for its premise, which is fine with me. It even includes some easy breathing exercises that offer a good beginner's guide to meditation.
I believe that, for those who worry about the effect of the "military-industrial complex," on our daily lives, our values and our culture, a mode of opposition is starting to develop that is mo...more
Peter Clothier's "Persist: In Praise of the Creative Spirit in a World Gone Mad with Commerce" arrives at the perfect time. As the art world tries to reinvent itself in the current economic malaise, Clothier's book inspires us to see the soul and spirit inherent in the creative process. Money may not be the root of all evil but it is the root of a lot of bad art. Peter Clothier challenges artists, writers, actors and filmmakers to value artistic process as a goal in itself rather than ...more
For such a quick read, this book does more than inform. I think Clothier combines information and a subtle and comprehensive method on how to thrive in this world as an artist in any form: musician, painter, writer and poet.
With his empirical background, I think he has a lot to say in such a tiny book. He doesn't beat me over the head, and his writing style simply does not bore me. At the same time, I think because it is an indie book, he writes passages from his blog as well as lectures w...more
With his empirical background, I think he has a lot to say in such a tiny book. He doesn't beat me over the head, and his writing style simply does not bore me. At the same time, I think because it is an indie book, he writes passages from his blog as well as lectures w...more
A survival guide for artists so they do not loose or have their goals forgotten.
The Persist Sprint can be applied to others to help give them persistence.
A must read.
TWO THUMBS UP
The Persist Sprint can be applied to others to help give them persistence.
A must read.
TWO THUMBS UP
This wets my appetite for more from this author. just the title alone is worth contemplating.
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Peter Clothier is an internationally-known writer who specializes in writing about art and artists. He believes in avoiding the jargon that obscures much current writing about art, and in writing simply, clearly, in language that the lay person can readily understand. He seeks to achieve a harmony of mind, heart, and body in his work, and looks for this quality in the artists he writes about. A re...more
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