I have always loved artists who write, whom many others would call writers who draw. It gives me role models as they could not leave their art behind for words or vice versa. I can't either, and for me, the two seem interconnected, as if I gave one up the other would suffer.
I am thinking today about my favorite artists who write, and thought to share; possibly you will too and we can get a good list, of which I will follow up and buy all of them. Don't worry about linking and imaging. I am trying it out.
Favorites, not in any order, click on the link to go to Amazon:
Henry Miller: Paint as You Like and Die Happy;
Natalie Goldberg: Living Color, A Writer Paints her World, and others
Sabrina Ward Harrison: Spilling Open: The Art of Becoming Yourself
Yay! I keep Friducha's journal close by and am inspired by how she kept working, even when flat on her back. She was a feisty, talented and passionate woman if there ever was one. Sometimes she comes to me in dreams!
Cate you posted as I was starting my surgery ordeal. I'm back, and thank you for the recommend. I will check it out.
Bought the Diary of Frida Kahlo -- it is on its way.
I have neer seen this one; I will check it out next time I am at Powell's Bookstore.
Hi Kate,
I love the Diary of Frida Kahlo and can really feel her presence when I gaze at her wild splashes and hear her voice. http://www.amazon.com/Diary-Frida-Kahlo-Intimate-Self-Portrait/dp/0...
Oh gads i forgot my newest favorite! Gwenn Seemel, a Portland Oregon artist extraordinaire! Crimes Against Nature is her outpouring after she foudn out she could not have children. Excellent!