Book Recommendations

The ideas in Just Looking are inspired and influenced by many great minds. As Mark Twain once remarked, “all ideas are second-hand.” So if you’re in the market for ideas, here are some delightful places to look.
Creativity:
- Pat Kane, The Play Ethic
- David Horwitz, Everything that Can Happen in a Day
- Betty Edwards, The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
- Wendy Ann Greenhalgh, Stop Look Breathe Create
- Keith Johnstone, Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
Looking:
- Alan Fletcher, The Art of Looking Sideways
- John Berger, Ways of Seeing
- Keri Smith, The Wander Society
- Alexandra Horowitz, On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes
- George Nelson, How to See
Mindfulness:
- Mark Williams & Danny Pennam, Mindfulness: A practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world
- Rohan Gunatillake, Modern Mindfulness
- Ellen Langer, Mindfulness
- Timothy Gallwey, The Inner Game of Golf
Photography:
- Joel Meyerowitz, Seeing Things: A Kid’s Guide to Photography
- Kim Manley Ort, Adventures in Seeing
- David Ulrich, Zen Camera
- Fulford & Halpern, The Photographer’s Playbook
- Andy Karr & Michael Wood, The Practice of Contemplative Photography
- Sophie Howarth, The Mindful Photographer
Practical Philosophy:
- Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers & Further Thoughts
- Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- Roberto Casati, Shadows: Unlocking their Secrets, From Plato to Our Time
- Jenny Odell, How to do Nothing
- Susain Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop
- Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time and How to Use It
Poetry:
- David White, Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
- Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, Volumes 1 & 2
- William Sieghart, The Poetry Pharmacy: Tried-And-True Prescriptions for the Heart, Mind and Soul
- Jarod K. Anderson, Field Guide to the Haunted Forest
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