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Cannery Row Catalysts: John Steinbeck and Ed Ricketts

by Meredith Mullins on September 1, 2014

B&W photo of Ed Ricketts at the Pacific Biological Laboratories on Cannery Row, creative inspiration for John Steinbeck.

Ed Ricketts at his lab on Cannery Row
© Pat Hathaway Collection/www.caviews.com

Creative Inspiration among Friends

We should all be so lucky to have a friend, a creative inspiration, like Ed Ricketts.

John Steinbeck said that “knowing Ed Ricketts was instant.”

After the first moment, I knew him; and for the next eighteen years I knew him better than I knew anyone. 

They were best friends. They fed each other ideas. They told each other truths. The jolted each other beyond the boundaries of the ordinary. They refreshed each other.  Read more...

 

Literary World/USA

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Feb

Publishing Flip-Flop Swaps Gains for Generosity

by Bruce Goldstone on February 24, 2014

Reader surprised to find a great book, illustrating the generosity-based publisher, Concord Free Press, which encourages personal values and charity (Image © mrovka / iStock)

What’s more surprising than a great book?
A great, free book!
© mrovka / iStock

Free Books Pump Personal Values

The Concord Free Press (CFP) operates under a tradition-smashing publishing model. It thrives on generosity rather than the profit margin, and hopes to build up personal values rather than the industry’s bank accounts.  Read more...

 

Clever Ideas/Literary World

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Jan

Peter Reynolds and The Dot Kickstart Creative Expression

by Janine Boylan on January 20, 2014

A heart painting created as part of Peter Reynold's International Dot Day started out with just the dot. (Image © Janine Boylan)

Jaden’s heart started with a single mark.
© Janine Boylan

Make a Mark and See Where It Takes You

Peter Reynolds‘s goal is for each of us to have an “Oh, I see” moment about our creativity.

This award-winning children’s book author feels pretty strongly about the message in his book The Dot—that each person has creativity.

His slogan? “Make your mark and see where it takes you.”  Read more...

 

Literary World/The World's Art & Design

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