The Shape of Ideas

Snider’s collection of one and two page illustrations offer a meditation on finding, keeping and exploring ideas—really on creativity in general. It’s a fun quick read that I could see myself referring back to when I’ve hit a brick wall in any endeavor. The book is divided into 10 categories including “Inspiration” and “Desperation” and the walks through resolutions, fears, dreams with fun and funny creative comic pairings. His messages are largely in verse spread through the panels and they all made me smile. This is a book for everyone. Creativity ≠ Artistic Ability. Everyone is creative in some way and everyone runs into the same feelings shared in this collection.