Art Work

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES. BESTSELLER. "Erudite, frank, and funny". -. Amor Towles. "This book will make you brave". -. Margaret Renkl. The much-anticipated new book by artist and New York Times. bestselling author Sally Mann about the challenges and transcendent pleasures of the creative process. Art Work. , by photographer and writer Sally Mann, offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, practical (and some impractical) advice, and life lessons for artists and writers-or anyone interested in the creative path. Written in the same frank, fearless, and occasionally outrageous tone of her bestselling memoir, Hold Still,. this new book reaffirms Mann as a unique and resonant voice for our times and is destined to become a classic. Illustrated throughout with photographs, journal entries, and letters that bring immediacy and poignancy to the narrative, Art Work. is full of thought-provoking insights about the hazards of early promise; the unpredictable role of luck; the value of work, work, work, and more hard work; the challenges of rejection and distraction; the importance of risk-taking; and the rewards of knowing why and when you say yes. In sparkling prose and thoughtfully juxtaposed visuals and ephemera, Art Work. is a generous, provocative, and compulsively readable exploration of creativity by one of our most original thinkers.