Creative work has seasons (weekly newsletter)

Hey y’all,

Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing this week:

Creative work has seasons.
My notes on Daniel Pennac’s book on the pleasures of reading, The Rights of the Reader.
My notes on Ben Shahn’s classic book about the artist’s education and place in the world, The Shape Of Content.
Klaus Voormann on creating the cover for the Beatles’ Revolver… for a whopping 50 pounds.
Great resource for fellow parents: my friends at TinyBop have put up their newsletter archives. Don’t miss their recommendations page, either. (Oh, and it’s pretty vulgar [as are we], but my wife and I laughed a lot at Ali Wong’s comedy special she performed while seven months pregnant.)
Don Winslow on the secret history of the heroin crisis. (I really want to read his books The Power of the Dog and The Cartel.)
Eye candy: it was a bit long, but Mike Leigh’s movie about the painter J.M.W. Turner, Mr. Turner, was gorgeous.
Like everyone else in my demographic, I really liked the Netflix show Stranger Things. I especially liked the soundtrack, which was scored by two members of local Austin band S U R V I V E after the show’s creators used their song “Dirge” in the trailer they pitched to Netflix. (Here’s an interview with the composers.) If you like their creepy synth stuff, check out another Austin local, my friend Xander Harris.
More ear candy: a new Lambchop song, a new Cass McCombs song, and a mix from the band Deerhoof. (Now where’s that danged Frank Ocean record?)
Go for a walk: demons hate fresh air.