Corita kent

Corita Kent (1918-1986), 1968, circus alphabet and circus, serigraphs.

Corita Kent 'but there is only one thing' 1967

There are many ways I could begin to explain the life and work of Corita Kent, from an artist and educator to a nun and social activist. But what describes her best and most valuably, is the way that people who knew her tend to: “An A+ person,” for instance, and the fact "she saw possibilities in you you didn’t know about yet”. Or simply in their description of her kind attention, because “when she talked to you she made you feel like you were the only person there”.

When we were first planning 'the improvised life', we were inspired by this now-famous set of rules by Sister Corita Kent, artist and renown educator. They speak directly to the process of creating...ANYTHING. Here are our favorite essential rules: Find a place you trust and then try trusting it for a while. Consider everything as an experiment. Nothing is a mistake. There's no Win and no Fail. There's only Make. The only rule is work. If you work, it will lead to something... Be happy…

RULE ONE: Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile. / RULE TWO: General duties of a student — pull everything out of your teacher; pull everything out of your

Sister Corita Kent, it is the property of true genius to disturb all settled ideas. Goethe., 1970. Screenprint, sheet: 16 1/4 × 15 15/16 in. (41.3 × 40.5 cm) Image: 14 × 13 1/2 in. (35.6 × 34.3 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Altria Group, Inc. 2008.107. ©2019 Estate of Corita Kent/ Immaculate Heart Community/ Licensed by Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. info@arsny.com

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One Catholic nun influenced an entire generation of designers, artists and filmmakers. Her name was Sister Mary Corita Kent.