Via interlibrary loan (from the Boise Public Library) I obtained and am extremely enjoying reading a thoughtful 2017 book with comics by Grant Snider titled The Shape of Ideas: An illustrated exploration of creativity. Grant is an orthodontist and an artist. He has a web site called Incidental Comics. The book cover has a hole shaped like a light bulb. And the book has ten sections with the following titles:
INSPIRATION [Page 9]
PERSPIRATION [Page 22]
IMPROVISATION [Page 36]
ASPIRATION [Page 50]
CONTEMPLATION [Page 68]
EXPLORATION [Page 88]
DAILY FRUSTRATION [Page 102]
IMITATION [Page 114]
DESPERATION [Page 128]
PURE ELATION [Page 138]
Here are links to a dozen comics appearing in the book, as presented on web pages at his Incidental Comics site:
The perfect idea [page 12]
How to get ideas [page 23]
Mind game [page 47]
Paths to success [page 54]
A place for ideas [page 77]
Outside the box [pages 90 and 91]
Apartment living [page 96]
Creative blocks [page 105]
The art of living [page 119] also the title for his 2022 book
Chasing happiness [page 133]
My biggest fears [page 134]
Creative thinking [page 136 and 137]
His list for My Greatest Fears has the following fifteen, but public speaking isn’t one of them:
Dead birds
My student loan debt
The soul-stealing moon
Insomnia
Large Dogs
Blood cults
Cynicism
Heights
Hyperintelligent post-human dwarves
Taking the wrong bus
Unintentional plagiarism
Disembodied floating skulls
Hantavirus
Failure
Feral wolf-children
On September 19, 2024 I blogged about his 2022 book in a post titled A manifesto on what you should pay attention to – from a book on The Art of Living profusely illustrated by comic strips. And on September 28, 2024 I blogged about how In 2020 Grant Snider published a profusely illustrated book – I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf.
My big idea lightbulb was adapted from this image at Openclipart.
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