Category Archives: Creative Life

A unique ‘how to create’: Review of What It Is by Lynda Barry

By Andres Kabel | Published: April 29, 2009

I can’t recall where I came this across What It Is, a leftfield  primer on creativity by syndicated cartoonist Lynda Barry. Perhaps Amazon recommended it, for I’m a sucker for ‘how to create’ books. Mostly they don’t help much but if I get an idea or two from a helpful book, I’m in front. What [...]

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The demons that impelled Matisse

By Andres Kabel | Published: April 28, 2009

People who seek to create are fond of describing themselves as ‘driven.’ If you’re one such, I’d recommend reading Hilary Spurling’s masterful biography (The Unknown Matisse: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Early Years, 1869-1908, which I have praised) of Matisse. I was quickly disabused of my own level of commitment compared to Matisse’s. Here [...]

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Why blog?

By Andres Kabel | Published: April 6, 2009

Blogging chews up time I shouldn’t spare. Why do it then? My What & Who page provides the main rationale but doesn’t capture the frailty of this enterprise. The real answer to the question posed is that I’m unclear on why I’ve begun blogging, but that this lack of clarity is the reason itself. To [...]

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