What "The Alchemist" Taught Me About Artistic Style
I recently read The Alchemist, a novel by Paulo Coelho, published in 1988. The plot follows a young shepherd as he travels from Spain to Egypt to find buried treasure. But the book is really about finding one's "Personal Legend"—your calling, your destiny.
And I couldn't help but relate the book's ideas back to the search for artistic style.
In the book, …
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