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Summer 2018 Inspiration Lists

By: Amy Salomone, Functional Whimsy

We've asked our summer workshop teachers where they find inspiration, who and what gets their creative juices flowing and we're sharing their top lists with you!

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Summer 2018 Reading List:

 

"I am a huge science non-fiction fan.  It puts me in a dreamy state of mind.  Perfect for creating butterfly jewelry!"

The Wild Life of Our Bodies, by: Rob Dunn

Death By Black Hole: and Other Cosmic Quandaries, by: Neil deGrasse Tyson 

The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World, by: Peter Wohlleben

If Our Bodies Could Talk, by: James Hamblin

Soul Of An Octopus, by: Sy Montgomery

Some backpacking reading:

Through Hiking Will Break Your Heart, by Carrot Quinn

Almost Somewhere: 28 Days on the John Muir Trail, by: Suzanne Roberts

Great Reads that I have been enjoying:

All The Light We Cannot See, by: Anthony Doerr 

The Nightingale, by: Kristin Hannah

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Summer 2018 Playlist:

"Forget about it.  I am obsessed with music setting a tone.  Some of my current and forever favorites:"

Paul Simon

Joni Mitchell

Nina Simone

Ali Farka Toure

The Mike and Ruthy Band

Nitty Scott

TOOL

Valerie June

Nick Drake

Joao Gilberto

Led Zeppelin

John Coltrane

Miles Davis

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Instagram Accounts to Follow:

"I don't spend a lot of time on Instagram, but...here are a few artists that I see at shows and they inspire me to keep pushing myself to create."

@oceanstateofmind

@strawberry moon.3

@insidemycranium

 

THANKS FOR THE INSPIRATION Amy, @functionalwhimsy