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Books like Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees
The best books like Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees are Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration, The Artist's Way, and Bird by Bird. Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees by Lawrence Weschler is about perception, art practice, conceptual art. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace · Business
Creativity, Inc.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - The Artist's Way
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Julia Cameron · Self-help
The Artist's Way is Julia Cameron's twelve-week program for recovering and developing creative ability, originally published in 1992 and still widely used in studio groups and classrooms.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - Bird by Bird
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Anne Lamott · Self-help
Bird by Bird is Anne Lamott's guide to writing and the creative life, grown from a course she taught at UC Davis and developed over years of writing novels, essays, and journalism.
Both dig into process.
Read the summary → - Steal Like an Artist
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Austin Kleon · Self-help
Steal Like an Artist is Austin Kleon's short, illustrated guide to the creative process, built around the premise that nothing is truly original — all creative work is built from and inspired by what came before.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - The War of Art
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Steven Pressfield · Self-help
The War of Art is Steven Pressfield's short, blunt manual for anyone who creates — or wants to create — and finds themselves blocked, procrastinating, or unable to start.
A kindred biography read.
Read the summary → - The Listening Book
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W.A. Mathieu · Philosophy
The Listening Book is W.A.
Shares perception and attention with Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees.
Read the summary → - Art as Experience
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John Dewey · Philosophy
Art as Experience, published in 1934, is John Dewey's attempt to rescue aesthetics from the museum pedestal and return it to ordinary life.
Both dig into perception.
Read the summary → - Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
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Chatter: The Voice in Our Head, Why It Matters, and How to Harness It
Ethan Kross · Psychology
Humans talk to themselves more or less constantly.
Both dig into attention.
Read the summary → - Deep Work
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Cal Newport · Self-help
Deep Work is Cal Newport's case that the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task is becoming both rarer and more valuable, and that people who cultivate it will thrive while everyone else stays stuck in shallow busywork.
Both dig into attention.
Read the summary → - Digital Minimalism
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Cal Newport · Self-help
Digital Minimalism is Cal Newport's argument that most people's relationship with smartphones and social media is not freely chosen but engineered — the product of business models that monetize attention and design interfaces for compulsion rather than value.
Both dig into attention.
Read the summary → - Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
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Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Betty Edwards · Art
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain rests on a claim that has quietly reassured millions of self-declared non-artists: drawing is not a gift you're born with but a learnable skill, and it is a skill of seeing rather than of the hand.
Both dig into perception.
Read the summary → - Experiencing Architecture
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Steen Eiler Rasmussen · Philosophy
Experiencing Architecture is the Danish architect and town planner Steen Eiler Rasmussen's attempt to teach non-architects how to see and feel buildings.
Both dig into perception.
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Books like Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees: quick answers
What are the best books like Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees?
The best books like Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees by Lawrence Weschler are Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees, such as perception, art practice, conceptual art.
What should I read after Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees?
A natural next read after Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees is Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace. A kindred biography read. Other strong choices are The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon.
What books are similar to Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees by Lawrence Weschler?
Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees centers on perception, art practice, conceptual art. Books with a similar feel include Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull and Amy Wallace, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, The Listening Book by W.A. Mathieu — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
