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Sylvia Plath's Visual Notes

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Sylvia Plath's Visual Notes

"As usual I take more time filling up space with crazy drawings."

Jillian Hess
May 29, 2023
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Here’s something I’ve learned from studying notebooks: often, creative people are creative across multiple mediums. Take Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) for example—she was a brilliant writer and a talented visual artist.

Sylvia Plath, 1956

Not only did Plath fill her diaries with sketches, she created elaborate scrapbooks to document her life. She painted strik…

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