TY - GEN AU - Than, Gavin Aung TI - Zen pencils creative struggle : illustrated advice from masters of creativity SN - 9781449487225 U1 - 741.56994 PY - 2018/// CY - Missouri PB - Andrews McMeel Pub. KW - Tales KW - Quotations, English KW - Australia KW - Comic books, strips, etc KW - United States KW - Central business districts KW - Illustrators N1 - Contents Introduction 6 Vincent van Gogh - The blank canvas 7 Albert Einstein - Life is a mystery 12 Leonardo da Vinci - Step away from the canvas 20 Mary Shelley - Teenage dream 28 Marie Curie - Our happy place 38 Creative pep talk # 1 - Jiddu Krishnamurti 48 Ludwig van Beethoven - Art has no limits 56 Stephen King - The desk 63 Akira Kurosawa - The notetaker 73 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - In the mood for work 80 Creative pep talk #2: Brené Brown 88 Nicola Tesla - Visions of the future 98 John Coltrane - The power of music 108 Frida Kahlo - Heroine of pain 115 Ernest Hemingway - A lonely life 126 Creative pep talk #3 The cartoonist 134 Acknowledgments 144 About the Author 147 ER -