Francis Rubbra

Feel like an artist, the artist's way Francis Rubbra

This book offers a clear and alternative route to releasing one's creativity, that is, by embracing absurdity, rejecting the practical approach and refusing didactic platitudes. Feel like an artist by Francis Rubbra is a collection of over 1100 hard-hitting and thought-provoking, never-published-before, doses of raw satirical art aphorism sourced from the art school discourse. Picasso said that the enemy of art was good sense, well this book is a safe house for artists of all shapes and sizes, the mad ones, the thin ones and the extremely annoying ones, they are all invited. An inspirational quotes book with surrealist undertones it explores the nuances of a life lived at arts behest with hundreds of humorous and insightful observations. Ever wondered where to learn the art school secrets? Feel Like an Artist brims full of them. A refreshingly new take on books typically written in the self-help genre. A book that entertains without falling into a pit of sentimentality and cliché. The author uses satire for serious ends as he rampages through the art school discourse making bold pronouncements on art along the way. Essential reading for artists, Feel Like an Artist over-flows with insightful pearls of sound practical art advice and humorous slights at the artist's expense. A true gem, an inspirational book extraordinaire, a book for inspired people. The book's title offers a clue as to its content, but it is essentially a fun book and its deliberations cut through the often-unpassable sludge of art academia. A gift book extraordinaire, the reader will be left feeling uplifted and inspired and certainly not indifferent.