You Are an Artist by Bob -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Other titles of interest Contents Introduction

Learning Visuality Joint Attention Dialogue Generosity Chutzpah Curiosity Synaesthesia

1 Time, Beginnings and Inspiration

Structure Inspiration Communication Juxtaposition Truth Relevance Time Space Travel Heuristics Stimulants Dreams How about this…?

Make a loop drawing Draw five inspirational objects Find five objects that make a noise and form a band Make an artwork that is reflective of time, a moment or a news story Make a painting that is subject to events Devise a musical notation Make an abstract painting Devise your dream studio

2 Looking

Discernment Illumination Mapping Interpretation Beauty Inspection How about this…?

Set up an easel in front of the TV Become a rat trapper – make a trap Write an illuminated letter to a politician

3 Stealing

Habit Appropriation Exploitation Hacking Freedom Repression How about this…?

Steal something Learn a song Improve an object by painting it Ruin an object by painting it Make a transcription

4 Thinking

Cleverness Sense Speculation Synthesis Dysmorphia Superpowers Iteration Free Will Buddhism The Moment How about this…?

Destroy something and make a technical drawing Paint a dead relative, not from a photograph Create a democratic painting

5 Where Am I?

Placement Composition Context Being There Moving On Nasty Artists Boring Artists How about this…?

Make a shape sandwich Make a coral painting Make a map of somewhere that is important to you from memory Make a map of the school you attended and plot the friendships you had Give a painting you have made ears, or extensions

6 What Is This?

Materials Scale Paint Rocks and Bugs Oil Poison Skip Diving Casting Fabrication Junk Function Imagination How about this…?

Make a timeline of spoons Make a timeline of unused kitchen implements Make a pink-on-pink painting Make a self-defeating object Do some creative ironing

7 Who Am I?

Identity Authorship Fiction Realism Representation You Attributes Voice Spirit How about this…?

8 Landscape

Reconnaissance Underneath Over the Top Elements Fields Ownership Invention Cities Home How about this…?

Make a paint box from a chocolate box Paint the moon in the dark at night Travel to where your favourite painting was made Paint a tree

9 Still Life

Correctness Altered States Death Coffins Joy Quiet Memory Pop How about this…?

Paint a series of objects and make a still life with them Make a coffin for an imaginary pet Make a nut and bolt calzone Make a plaster trifle Invent a new head for an animal

10 Expression

Amazing Deeds Tools Accents Creativity Precarity Manifestations Scrawls Shock Embarrassment Fear Style Emancipation Effort How about this…?

Imagine a better world Tune a guitar to the hum of your fridge Make something beautiful Paint a cloud Devise a workshop Invent new words Decide when to stop

Epilogue About the Author Acknowledgments Further Listening Picture Credits Copyright