"It was her father who had taught her that intuition was a gift of memory. Of pieces of past and present experiences melding together to warn the body of things the mind failed to remember. She needed to heed that inner voice."
–– Ausma Zehanat Khan, Canadian-American writer
Source: Ausma Zehanat Khan. Blood Betrayal. New York: Minotaur Books, 2023; p. 198.
via: Aboveground Art Supplies Knapsack Sketchbook 2020, 2024, p. 38.
"My own opinion is that we are neglecting at our peril what neuroscience has revealed are "right hemisphere" functions (paying attention to our surroundings, empathy, intuition, metaphor, emotional expression, aesthetic decisions and appreciation, and so forth – aspects of the arts that we have no words for because the right hemisphere lacks "propositional" or "rational" language). We have made a world that requires "left hemisphere" skills (analysis, detachment, sequential argument) in order to survive."
–– Ellen Dissanayake, American author, lecturer, independent scholar
Source: Melanie Falick. Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live. New York: Artisan (a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc.), 2019; p. 25.
via: Art Alternatives Knapsack Sketchbook I 2019-2020, 2020, p. 28.
"For an artist this is the only way. There is no help anywhere. He must listen to his own mind."
–– Agnes Martin (1912-2004), Canadian-born American abstract painter
Source: Agnes Martin. "Beauty is the mystery of life." Agnes Martin. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1992; p. 10.
Note: "Mind" as used by Martin does not imply intellect. Rather it suggests receptivity to inspiration, awakened sensibility, and intuition. To listen is to pay attention, take note, and reflect.
via: Sketchbook 17, 2012, p. 137.
"Good design begins with honesty, asking tough questions, collaboration and from trusting your intuition."
–– Freeman Thomas (b. 1957), American automobile and industrial designer
via: Sketchbook 16, 2011, p. 146
