#12questions #artistblog #creativelife #creativewisdom #jamesmaygallery #emmettjohns #doorcounty #artistlife 1. What are 1-3 books that have influenced your life? In my first semester ( January 1960 ) at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, the life drawing instructor recommended to me that I read the ART SPIRIT by Robert Henri. That book was like a bible to me all through the 60's and 70's. In the late 60's I discovered J. Krishnamurti, along with Will Durant's the STORY