Leonardo's Ink Bottle - The Artist's Way of Seeing (Paperback)

This guide to creativity describes the rediscovery of and reliance upon instinct, intuition and the nature of inspiration, and asks the reader to lay aside the accepted definitions of logical "realistic" interpretation. The author goes on to examine the mastery of technique, and explains how to translate what comes in through the eye and out via the hand. Finally, we are we are asked to cast aside inspiration and the mastering of technique, stop thinking about it, and just do it.