Books & Coffee: Passion as a Choice

This book club event's theme is about art, writing, and one's passion to create!
It encompasses a lot of literature surrounding Writing, Artistic Passion, and the cost of an artistic life.
Many questions can be addressed, amongst them:
- What is it to write, to create?
- Whether to make the choice to follow our passion and our calling.
- What would be the cost of such a choice?
- How do artists navigate through life?
- What does it mean to write?

This is a themed book club with no required reading! This topic is a wide topic and can include many books that relate to the theme, or explore ambition, creativity, purpose, or the tension between desire and duty, etc. Bring your favorite book(s) that feel close to the topic and discuss your reflections, favorite quotes, and engage in cozy conversations. (You’re also welcome to bring a physical copy for our group book photo tradition.✨📖📚)

If you would like to take reference, here are some suggested books that would fit within this topic:
– Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
– A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
– Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
– The Cost of Living by Deborah Levy
– Just Kids by Patti Smith
– The Writing Life by Annie Dillard
– On Writing by Stephen King
– Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert
– The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron
(And you can refer to many more!)

P.S. I’ll reach out before the event to confirm attendance. Please cancel in advance if plans change so I can adjust the reservation accordingly. Thank you~