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I‘m in that “short audiobook” stage of my reading challenge for the year 🙃 I‘ve been wanting to read this for a while - it was great. Really good book on the challenges of creativity. I took a lot of notes. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I think the thing that is most interesting but also most upsetting about this book is that it was written in 1995 but is still so relevant. Obviously hooks is brilliant, but it means that the state of discourse around art, race, and gender has really not progressed much in the past 30 years.

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"Art cannot be a monologue."

A fantastic and accessible nonfiction book about women and feminism in art throughout history. Although I have the hard copy I listened to the audiobook which was wonderfully narrated with passion while making it easy to understand for anyone like me who knows little about the subject
So engaging and informative, I‘ll go back to this again

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Meditations and musing on art. What makes something art? What makes art good? Where is the cutting edge? I enjoy Perry's irreverent, playful ponderings.

He does a lot of hedging his bets, but I do sometimes disagree when he expresses a solid opinion - e.g. that we've reached the end of the road when it comes to innovation & pushing boundaries, or the emphasis on art school as a way in.

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(Something did upset me. See comments.)

My April Christmas gift …. That‘s what I read this month (( one of many reads ))

The first half of this book is excellent in the exploration of art, why it matters, why we are compelled to create, how it speaks and moves us. The second half, while interesting, fell a bit short for me. Still well worth the read though.

"One of the unexpectedly important things that art can do for us is teach us how to suffer more successfully."