The Truth of a Human Life is in The Contradictions
Painting: Crop from
It Was Time To Go And They All Left
(Acrylic Ink On Board)
(Text from the images above in case they are difficult for you to read).
. . .
Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart
And try to love the questions themselves.
Live the questions now.
- Ranier Maria Rilke
The truth of a human life hangs out in the contradictions, the differences between what we believe and how we live. The differences between who we are and who we want to be. Truth lives there.
. . .What are the big contradictions of your life? Do they need to be addressed? Can they be safely ignored? The quality of a human life is affected by the questions we’re willing to explore.
Zen Mountain Press and Heron Dance Press Books
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There are still a few copies of the first edition of Nurturing the Song Within available. This is a premium art book with a Smyth-sewn lay flat binding printed by on high. quality art paper. It explores the inner work underlying creative work and the creation of a unique life.
Each day two-page spread includes a painting and journal notes on living a creative, meaningful life.
Hardcover first edition with dust jacket. $87. You can order here.
PDF $9.99 including tax. Order here.
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Below, two sample pages from my recent art journal, and the related diary/planner
Nurturing The Song Within
There are a few copies of the first edition (hardcover, dust jacket, premium art paper) still available. After they are sold out, we don’t plan to republish, at least in that format.
A mockup of the first two pages of the new book, Meditations on Gratitude, Beauty and Mystery. It is available now as a PDF, and in the next few days as a hardcover.
A mockup of the first two pages of the new book, Meditations on Gratitude, Beauty and Mystery. It is available now as a PDF, and in the next few days as a hardcover.
A mockup of two pages of the new book, Meditations on Gratitude, Beauty and Mystery.
Front cover, The Pausing For Beauty Poetry Diary. PDF and Softcover (Lay Flat, wire-o binding) versions available. Visit here.
Two interior pages, The Pausing For Beauty Poetry Diary. PDF and Softcover (Lay Flat, wire-o binding) versions available. Visit here.