ARTful Reader Resources

You have the book. Here's the rest of it.

The worksheets and questionnaires live here, not in the book, because they keep changing as I do. Below them is every book, film, song, and idea I mention in ARTful, in case one of them sends you somewhere good.

The Workbooks

Part One

Your Word

The single word that sets a year's direction.

Part Two

Your Wardrobe

What you put on your body and what it says before you open your mouth.

Coming Soon

Part Three

Your World

The rooms, the relationships, and the rhythms you actually live inside.

Coming Soon

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Everything I Mention in the Book

Books

  • Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women. 1868.
  • Austen, Jane.
  • Beckett, Samuel. Waiting for Godot. 1953.
  • Brontë, Charlotte.
  • Brown, Brené. (shame research)
  • Burnett, Frances Hodgson. The Secret Garden. 1911.
  • Cameron, Julia. The Artist's Way. 1992.
  • Chandler, Raymond.
  • Christie, Agatha.
  • Dickens, Charles.
  • Dixon, Franklin W. The Hardy Boys series.
  • Doyle, Arthur Conan. The Sherlock Holmes stories.
  • Francis, Dick.
  • Gallwey, W. Timothy. The Inner Game of Tennis. 1974.
  • Gladwell, Malcolm. Outliers. 2008.
  • Herbert, Frank. Dune. 1965.
  • Highsmith, Patricia. The Talented Mr. Ripley. 1955.
  • Jefferson, Thomas. The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth.
  • Keene, Carolyn. The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories.
  • The King James Bible. 1611.
  • Kondo, Marie.
  • Lewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 1950.
  • Montgomery, L. M. Anne of Green Gables. 1908.
  • Reader's Digest Condensed Books.
  • Rohr, Richard. Falling Upward. 2011.
  • Seuss, Dr. Green Eggs and Ham. 1960.
  • Stone, Irving. The Agony and the Ecstasy. 1961.
  • Twiss, Clinton. The Long, Long Trailer. 1951.
  • Wallace, Jennifer Breheny. Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose. 2023.
  • Wallace, Jennifer Breheny. Never Enough. 2023.
  • Wood, Wendy. Good Habits, Bad Habits. 2019.

Research and Frameworks

  • Astrocartography. Jim Lewis, Astro*Carto*Graphy, 1976.
  • Astrology.
  • Chani (app).
  • Enneagram. Oscar Ichazo and Claudio Naranjo.
  • Flavell, John. Metacognition, 1970s.
  • Handwriting analysis.
  • Human Design. Ra Uru Hu, 1987.
  • "Know thyself," the Temple of Apollo at Delphi.
  • Kintsugi.
  • Myers-Briggs.
  • Numerology.
  • Pascual-Leone, Alvaro, et al. "Modulation of Muscle Responses Evoked by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation During the Acquisition of New Fine Motor Skills." Journal of Neurophysiology 74, no. 3 (1995).
  • Wabi-sabi.
  • Wood, Wendy, Jeffrey M. Quinn, and Deborah A. Kashy. "Habits in Everyday Life: Thought, Emotion, and Action." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 83, no. 6 (2002).

Podcasts

  • The Curiosity Shop with Brené Brown and Adam Grant. "Overconfidence and the Art of Knowing Yourself." April 9, 2026.
  • Inside the Design Studio with David Peck. Listen here.

Film and Television

  • Adventures in Odyssey. Focus on the Family.
  • An American in Paris. 1951.
  • Anne of Green Gables. Sullivan Entertainment, 1985. Aired in the US on PBS WonderWorks.
  • Annie Hall. 1977.
  • The Breakfast Club. 1985.
  • Chariots of Fire. 1981.
  • Downton Abbey. 2010–2015.
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once. 2022.
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off. 1986.
  • Footloose. 1984.
  • Frozen II. 2019.
  • Gigi. 1958.
  • Heated Rivalry. 2025.
  • Little Women. 1994.
  • The Long, Long Trailer. 1954.
  • Love Actually. 2003.
  • Mary Poppins Returns. 2018.
  • Mean Girls. 2004.
  • 19 Kids and Counting. TLC, 2008–2015.
  • The Office. 2005–2013.
  • Pretty in Pink. 1986.
  • Project Runway. 2004–.
  • The Rachel Zoe Project. 2008–2013.
  • The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. 2010–.
  • Roman Holiday. 1953.
  • The Royal Tenenbaums. 2001.
  • Sabrina. 1954, and the 1995 remake.
  • Schitt's Creek. 2015–2020.
  • Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets. 2023.
  • The Sound of Music. 1965.
  • Star Wars. 1977.
  • Superstar. 1999.
  • Surviving Mormonism with Heather Gay. Peacock, 2024.
  • The Talented Mr. Ripley. 1999.
  • Titanic. 1997.
  • Waiting for Guffman. 1996.
  • What Not to Wear. TLC, 2003–2013.
  • Wicked: For Good. 2025.
  • The Wizard of Oz. 1939.
  • Wreck-It Ralph. 2012.

Music

  • Bruch, Max. Kol Nidrei, Op. 47. 1880.
  • Copland, Aaron. Appalachian Spring. 1944.
  • Cyrus, Miley. "The Climb." 2009.
  • Dvořák, Antonín. Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104. 1895.
  • "For the Beauty of the Earth." Folliott S. Pierpoint, 1864.
  • Messiaen, Olivier. Quartet for the End of Time. 1941.
  • Mitchell, Joni. "Big Yellow Taxi." 1970.
  • Mitchell, Joni. "Both Sides Now." Clouds, 1969; rerecorded on Both Sides Now, 2000.
  • Rice, Tim, and Andrew Lloyd Webber. Evita. 1976.
  • Swift, Taylor. Red (Taylor's Version). 2021.
  • Swift, Taylor. "Anti-Hero." Midnights, 2022.
  • Vangelis. Chariots of Fire (score). 1981.
  • Wagner, Richard.
  • Williams, John.

Art, Design, and Places

  • Advanced Style.
  • Anderson, Wes.
  • Apfel, Iris.
  • Architectural Digest.
  • Bar Hemingway, the Ritz Paris.
  • Better Homes and Gardens, circa 1991–92.
  • Crosby Street Hotel, New York.
  • da Vinci, Leonardo, and sfumato.
  • Dior, Christian.
  • Fedner, Natalia.
  • Gracie Studio.
  • Grant, Cary, and the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
  • Hepburn, Audrey, and Katharine Hepburn.
  • Keaton, Diane.
  • Kips Bay Decorator Show House.
  • Lauren, Ralph.
  • McQueen, Alexander.
  • Michelangelo.
  • O'Keeffe, Georgia.
  • Pollock, Jackson.
  • Vanity Fair.
  • Wunderkammer, the Renaissance cabinet of curiosities.

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