Real Artists Have Day Jobs: (And Other Awesome Things They Don't Teach You in School)

poems by Rumi, a new favorite book called Full Catastrophe Living by Jon Kabat-Zinn, When Things Fall Apart by the Buddhist nun Pema Chodron,

I’m Not Perfect, You’re Not Perfect, Let’s Work on It While Drinking Iced Tea and/or Bourbon.

“From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg is the best!”

a book by the artist and author SARK (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy)

Neil Gaiman’s Sandman comics series.

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

To me, the most authentic insight comes from those who acknowledge their own shortcomings and readily admit they are still working on improving themselves each and every day.

Yes Please by Amy Poehler; Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay; Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham; Dangerous Angels by Francesca Lia Block; Science . . . for Her! by Megan Amram;