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Book SynopsisA “touchstone for aspiring artists and writers” (Megan O’Grady, The New Yorker), Daybook is a classic work about reconciling the call of creative work with the demands of daily life.Renowned American artist Anne Truitt kept this illuminating and inspiring journal over a period of seven years, determined to come to terms with the forces that shaped her art and life. Her range of sensitivity—moral, intellectual, sensual, emotional, and spiritual— is remarkably broad. She recalls her childhood on the eastern shore of Maryland, her career change from psychology to art, and her path to a sculptural practice that would “set color free in three dimensions.” She reflects on the generous advice of other artists, watches her own daughters’ journey into motherhood, meditates on criticism and solitude, and struggles to find the way to express her vision. Resonant and true, encouraging and revelatory, Anne Truitt guides he
Trade Review"Truitt’s frankness and intellectual curiosity about the hows and whys of a working artist’s life has made
Daybook something of a touchstone for aspiring artists and writers"
—Megan O'Grady, The New Yorker “A remarkable record of a woman’s reconciliation of art, motherhood, memoires of childhood, and present-day demands.”
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh “Daybook is a rare gift, illuminating and nourishing, a journal to read and re-read.”
—May Sarton “One of the great artists of our time, it’s a treat to be allowed into Anne Truitt’s mind as she contemplates the ups and downs of being an artist, mother and friend.”
—Brie Larson “A natural and graceful writer…Truitt’s self-examination is unflinching and, at every moment, possessed of the inevitable dignity that attends a genuine commitment to telling the truth about oneself.”
—Art in America
