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
• Phillip L. Gross, Tao of Photography: Seeing Beyond Seeing
• Kim Manley Ort, Adventures in Seeing
• David Ulrich, Zen Camera
• Fulford & Halpern, The Photographer’s Playbook

Philosophy / History of Ideas:

• 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

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