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CREATIVE PROCESS Available for purchase April 9, The Inner Life of the Artist: Conversations from the Atelier (Phaidon, $30) seeks to spur the creative process via inspiring artworks, short essays, poignant quotes, and practical exercises. Herself a painter and educator, author Juliette Aristides illuminates the principles of classical instruction, with the goal of helping readers awaken their artistic minds and hone their technical skills. (phaidon.com) LAND BEFORE TIME Immerse yourself in dreamlike landscapes in Damien Hirst: The Civilisation Paintings (Heni Publishing, $50). For those who couldn’t attend the 2024 exhibition of the same name at Phillips, London, this catalog-style tome includes 54 reproductions from Hirst’s series of oil paintings that capture the intersection of nature and human development. The book also features a foreword by art historian Norman Rosenthal and an…