The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life
By: Charlotte Wood
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
An inspiring work about creativity and resilience from the multi-award-winning author of The Weeken…
Want to Read"The unknown is always a threat. Unruly artists take to all this eagerly; they find a home in outsiderness. But while history has always made a certain space available to feral men, from Caravaggio to Picasso to Prince, feral women have a harder time of it. Much of our battle is internal. Raised from birth to please, to be helpful, to shrink and be decorative, for a woman to proudly show herself in all her individuality is a much greater challenge."-Charlotte Wood, The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life
"Art urges us to imagine and inhabit lives other than our own, to be more thoughtful, to feel more deeply, to challenge what we think we already know. Art declares that we contain multitudes, that more than one thing can be true at once. And it gives us a breathing space, in which we can listen more than talk, where we can attentively question our own beliefs. It gives us a place in this chaotic world in which to find the sort of meaning that only arises out of the stillness, deep within our quiet selves."-Charlotte Wood, The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life
"Another word for idealism might be delusion, I'm well aware. But this is home territory for me and for all artists, whose daily lives depend on the vigorous deployment of rampant delusion. We must constantly believe in something that doesn't exist, believe it's worth pursuing, believe--all evidence to the contrary--that our seed of a kooky idea will bear fruit. All art in the making is delusion, until you're standing in front of 'Blue Poles' or watching 'Hamlet' or 'Mad Max'; or sitting tearful on your couch into the night, speechless at the genius of Hilary Mantel. It's all delusion, until it's not."-Charlotte Wood, The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life
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Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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2. The Museum of Modern Love
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3.80
Format: 654 pages, Paperback
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3. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens
By: Shankari Chandran
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Format: 384 pages, Paperback
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4. Lola in the Mirror
By: Trent Dalton
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Format: 448 pages, Kindle Edition
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5. Wifedom: Mrs. Orwell's Invisible Life
By: Anna Funder
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Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
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6. Nothing Bad Ever Happens Here
By: Heather Rose
3.96
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A deeply personal collection filled with reflections on love, death, creativity and healing, from t… read more
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7. Cold Enough for Snow
By: Jessica Au
3.73
Format: 99 pages, Paperback
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8. Edenglassie
By: Melissa Lucashenko
4.13
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
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9. The Conversion
By: Amanda Lohrey
3.55
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
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10. Love Stories
By: Trent Dalton
4.14
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, goes out into the world and asks a simple, direct ques… read more
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11. The Angry Women's Choir
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4.07
Format: 403 pages, Paperback
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12. Green Dot
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3.71
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
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13. The Rain Heron
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4.03
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14. I'd Rather Not
By: Robert Skinner
3.72
Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition
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15. The House That Joy Built
By: Holly Ringland
3.88
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
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16. How to End a Story: Diaries: 1995–1998
By: Helen Garner
4.57
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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17. The Work
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3.43
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
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18. Wolfe Island
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Format: 400 pages, Paperback
For years Kitty Hawke has lived alone on Wolfe Island, witness to the island’s erosion and clinging… read more
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19. The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life
By: Charlotte Wood
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
An inspiring work about creativity and resilience from the multi-award-winning author of The Weeken… read more
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"The unknown is always a threat. Unruly artists take to all this eagerly; they find a home in outsiderness. But while history has always made a certain space available to feral men, from Caravaggio to…"-Charlotte Wood, The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life
"Art urges us to imagine and inhabit lives other than our own, to be more thoughtful, to feel more deeply, to challenge what we think we already know. Art declares that we contain multitudes, that mor…"-Charlotte Wood, The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life
"Another word for idealism might be delusion, I'm well aware. But this is home territory for me and for all artists, whose daily lives depend on the vigorous deployment of rampant delusion. We must co…"-Charlotte Wood, The Luminous Solution: Creativity, Resilience and the Inner Life
20. Appreciation
By: Liam Pieper
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Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition
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