Where Inspiration Lives: Writers, Artists, and Their Creative Places

by John Miller (Editor)

With intimate photos and paintings, Where Inspiration Lives explores ten writers, artists, and the places that inspire them. From painter Richard Diebenkorn, whose Ocean Park paintings capture the pale light of his southern Californian beachfront home, to Terry McMillan, for whom a house is simply a home for her family rather than a profound influence on her work, the creators in this fascinating book cover the spectrum of artistic approach.

108 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2003

About the author

John Miller has edited a number of intriguing anthologies for Chronicle Books, including Lust and White Rabbit. He runs Big Fish Books, a packaging company in San Francisco.

Reviews

[Joe · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a nice coffee table book. I like the concept: descriptions of various artists and writers and the places where they live and draw inspiration. I would love it if I could read the same about artists and writers whose work I atually know and love. (I had only heard of four of them and had only seen or read something by two of them.)Most of the subjects of this work I have never heard of, and their work, for the most part does not sound like the sort I am interested in. Still, as someone with aspirations to produce my own creative works, it was fun to have a little insight into how others find their muse.

[Courtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read about how "place" has inspired/affected various authors, artists, and other creatives. Each chapter is dedicated to a different individual/place. Good chapters on Thoreau, Henry Miller, and Georgia O'Keefe. Blah chapters on Anne Rice and the majority of others.