Leonard Koren's books on Wabi Sabi and the Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.
The latter helped me in a dark time mentally but now that I'm doing better its made me appreicate the transient nature of everything.
Koren's books didn't necessarily introduce me to wabi sabi but they were a great overview of the idea in different contexts.
On the Road
1984
The Great Gatsby
Be My Guest (Conrad Hilton autobiography, it’s amazing)
Lord of the Rings
Watchmen (still counts)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Bible
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
All Batman comics
Everything by Thomas Pynchon, especially Gravity’s Rainbow
Bits and pieces of Einstein’s writings
On the Road
1984
The Great Gatsby
Be My Guest (Conrad Hilton autobiography, it’s amazing)
Lord of the Rings
Watchmen (still counts)
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The Bible
The Philosophy of Andy Warhol
All Batman comics
Everything by Thomas Pynchon, especially Gravity’s Rainbow
Bits and pieces of Einstein’s writings
How all batman comics impacted you
How all batman comics impacted you
He’s my favorite fictional character, and the dramatic nature combined with the internal turmoil of his best stories have been a major impact on my creative work.
the culture of narcisism by christopfer lasch give this vivd perpective of how america grew from this protestant captaltist principles to socialibility and narcisism becoming the greatest value in america.