en-US Fri, 22 Mar 2024 02:10:28 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 75295369 Meditation is cleaning up clutter in the backyard of our mind, triggering a shift in our thinking, and reshaping a drained logic in our mental network, giving voice to fresh concepts and new emotions.

By meditating, we stir the pool of the lame ducks in our minds and remove the slurry in the stagnant water of our thoughts.

When we take the time to meditate and allow ourselves to be taken off guard on every bend of our life, we experience all privileged moments as sparks springing from the intangible paradise of our mind's eye.

When we decide to settle down outside the groove of our daily grind, we have room to discover the world of others.

Encounters may help us discover our inner world, reveal us to ourselves and unshackle us from prejudices, but still, they can disrupt our thinking patterns when they make us too dependent or needy. However, if they give voice to our life choices and offer inner freedom, they inspire and enlighten us.

We may be fascinated by the temptations of random encounters. Still, randomness can upset us by the pertinacity of our habits, actuating warning signals or panic buttons in our minds and preventing us from opening up to others. If we want to meet others and, even so, better understand how we are wired and what makes us tick, we must cultivate our tastes and tame the flavors of our lifestyle.

If our relationship has been pinned down like a nail in the wall but does not renew itself every moment and allow us to change our mind's core or improve our world vision, we remain frozen characters remaining merely "being" and not "becoming."

Meditation allows us to free ourselves from burdensome habits, drop the harassing weightiness of our snake's skin, discover the rabbit hole of our inner world, and transform our life into a land of infinite wisdom.

I thank the thousands of readers for accompanying me on my journey of reflection, enlightening my thoughts, and illustrating them in an artistic, inspiring, or joyful way.]]> 193 Erik Pevernagie Lizzie 0 5.00
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]]> 195497516 Are we sometimes immersed in clouds of doubt or fear alienating us from the world, and do we feel relieved by the power of our imagination and the supremacy of love and empathy?
If you enjoy reading enlightening thoughts for your daily journey about your identity and authentic self, your desires and dreams, your encounters and emotions, Erik Pevernagie shows us that Meditation can solve problems about the maze of our relationships, the imprisonment of our habits, the entanglements of truth and reality, the yin and yang of our minds, lightness and weightiness, understanding and misunderstanding.
The author acknowledges the shrieking counterpoints in our society, but through Meditation, we can give trust a chance.
***
Angel Higher : “I love his words so much! I could read this author’s words all day. They soothe and inspire me. I do admire that special gift. His words became my escape.�
Christine Light : “I’ve embraced his words with great honor. I thank him for his very outlook and sense of knowing all that the world is facing at present. I appreciate him beyond words. �
Noreena “A deep and amazing perspective!!!! I am so inspired by his words.�
International Herald Tribune : "Bridging the gaps between generations, social strata, and nationalities is a tricky business. However, Erik Pevernagie may have hit upon a workable formula to ease the alienation.�
Rainbowfish Creative Co .“He really means a lot to me! His words speak straight to my soul. It’s fantastic. He is magical, and I thank him so much for sharing his gift and putting his energy out into the world.�
Parri Ulrich " I love the way that he weaves words together. It is the poets, artists, and musicians that will carry us through these *times.
Wiena Robert "He has the gift of painting images with words and the book displays the expansiveness of his words of wisdom.�!
Betsy Sanders “A beautiful expression of life lived at full tilt. I am of his very school, riding the waves in the world we share and the world directly around me with the same sense of anticipation.
Myanna Dellinger .“I love it! So true. I print it out, so I'll remind myself every day. Very wise.
Eve Libertone .“It is really meaningful and beautiful, what a wonderful perspective to mediate on today, so appreciate�
Ginni Jett. “I reread his words many times and enjoy the flow of it and how it makes me feel.�
Irene Bryan . “What an uplifting way of seeing the world. Poetry will rule the day end as sweet melodies of life's mysteries unfold with the written word.�
Wíłd Rævęn Rœsę . “Deeply touched by his beautiful poetry and exquisite eloquence. He has enriched my life’s journey.�
Becky Suzik “We certainly have an opportunity for us humans to do some serious rethinking and reimagining!!!! So grateful for the beauty of his words and meaning.
Jennifer Viola “He is singing my song.
Julie Lontzen “With such enlightening words, I find light in the darkness �
“I like his wise words and contribution. I hold space to magnify the energy he has presented me with. (Kate Trainor)
John Cosentino "Absolutely...delighted. Glad to know such a gifted mind!�
“I feel the stillness and peace the words convey.�( Tanya Jane Williams)
Sharon Taylor Richardson " I Love how he thinks and what he says. So inspirational. �
ChangeThyme � The reflections made a lot of sense to us. So we decided to quote it for our meeting.�
Prudy Prior "He speaks so deeply to my soul. I feel all 5 senses taking in life and nature.�
Sunny Gale “His writing is so beautiful and eloquent.”]]> 138 Erik Pevernagie Lizzie 5 5.00
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]]> 195459790 Are we sometimes immersed in clouds of doubt or fear alienating us from the world, and do we feel relieved by the power of our imagination and the supremacy of love and empathy?
If you enjoy reading enlightening thoughts for your daily journey about your identity and authentic self, your desires and dreams, your encounters and emotions, Erik Pevernagie shows us that Meditation can solve problems about the maze of our relationships, the imprisonment of our habits, the entanglements of truth and reality, the yin and yang of our minds, lightness and weightiness, understanding and misunderstanding.
The author acknowledges the shrieking counterpoints in our society, but through Meditation, we can give trust a chance.
***
Angel Higher : “I love his words so much! I could read this author’s words all day. They soothe and inspire me. I do admire that special gift. His words became my escape.�
Christine Light : “I’ve embraced his words with great honor. I thank him for his very outlook and sense of knowing all that the world is facing at present. I appreciate him beyond words. �
Noreena “A deep and amazing perspective!!!! I am so inspired by his words.�
International Herald Tribune : "Bridging the gaps between generations, social strata, and nationalities is a tricky business. However, Erik Pevernagie may have hit upon a workable formula to ease the alienation.�
Rainbowfish Creative Co .“He really means a lot to me! His words speak straight to my soul. It’s fantastic. He is magical, and I thank him so much for sharing his gift and putting his energy out into the world.�
Parri Ulrich " I love the way that he weaves words together. It is the poets, artists, and musicians that will carry us through these *times.
Wiena Robert "He has the gift of painting images with words and the book displays the expansiveness of his words of wisdom.�!
Betsy Sanders “A beautiful expression of life lived at full tilt. I am of his very school, riding the waves in the world we share and the world directly around me with the same sense of anticipation.
Myanna Dellinger .“I love it! So true. I print it out, so I'll remind myself every day. Very wise.
Eve Libertone .“It is really meaningful and beautiful, what a wonderful perspective to mediate on today, so appreciate�
Ginni Jett. “I reread his words many times and enjoy the flow of it and how it makes me feel.�
Irene Bryan . “What an uplifting way of seeing the world. Poetry will rule the day end as sweet melodies of life's mysteries unfold with the written word.�
Wíłd Rævęn Rœsę . “Deeply touched by his beautiful poetry and exquisite eloquence. He has enriched my life’s journey.�
Becky Suzik “We certainly have an opportunity for us humans to do some serious rethinking and reimagining!!!! So grateful for the beauty of his words and meaning.
Jennifer Viola “He is singing my song.
Julie Lontzen “With such enlightening words, I find light in the darkness �
“I like his wise words and contribution. I hold space to magnify the energy he has presented me with. (Kate Trainor)
John Cosentino "Absolutely...delighted. Glad to know such a gifted mind!�
“I feel the stillness and peace the words convey.�( Tanya Jane Williams)
Sharon Taylor Richardson " I Love how he thinks and what he says. So inspirational. �
ChangeThyme � The reflections made a lot of sense to us. So we decided to quote it for our meeting.�
Prudy Prior "He speaks so deeply to my soul. I feel all 5 senses taking in life and nature.�
Sunny Gale “His writing is so beautiful and eloquent.”]]> 155 Erik Pevernagie Lizzie 5 to-read 5.00
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]]> 63384563 Meditation is cleaning up clutter in the backyard of our mind, triggering a shift in our thinking, and reshaping a drained logic in our mental network, giving voice to fresh concepts and new emotions.

By meditating, we stir the pool of the lame ducks in our minds and remove the slurry in the stagnant water of our thoughts.

When we take the time to meditate and allow ourselves to be taken off guard on every bend of our life, we experience all privileged moments as sparks springing from the intangible paradise of our mind's eye.

When we decide to settle down outside the groove of our daily grind, we have room to discover the world of others.

Encounters may help us discover our inner world, reveal us to ourselves and unshackle us from prejudices, but still, they can disrupt our thinking patterns when they make us too dependent or needy. However, if they give voice to our life choices and offer inner freedom, they inspire and enlighten us.

We may be fascinated by the temptations of random encounters. Still, randomness can upset us by the pertinacity of our habits, actuating warning signals or panic buttons in our minds and preventing us from opening up to others. If we want to meet others and, even so, better understand how we are wired and what makes us tick, we must cultivate our tastes and tame the flavors of our lifestyle.

If our relationship has been pinned down like a nail in the wall but does not renew itself every moment and allow us to change our mind's core or improve our world vision, we remain frozen characters remaining merely "being" and not "becoming."

Meditation allows us to free ourselves from burdensome habits, drop the harassing weightiness of our snake's skin, discover the rabbit hole of our inner world, and transform our life into a land of infinite wisdom.

I thank the thousands of readers for accompanying me on my journey of reflection, enlightening my thoughts, and illustrating them in an artistic, inspiring, or joyful way.]]> 190 Erik Pevernagie Lizzie 5 currently-reading 5.00
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Beautiful words. May we be in the NOW and be happy, healthy, peaceful, and free. May all our sorrows turn into gifts of healing. May we be free of suffering and continue to shine the light of presence and unconditional love unto the world.
]]> 342637 780 Robert Descharnes 3822835536 Lizzie 3 4.20 1994
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]]> 103902 Cult of pleasure: Feminine sensuality by the Vienna Secession's greatest proponent

Gustav Klimt's ornate, sensual, and decadent style made him not only the most prominent of the Vienna Secessionists but one of the best loved artists of all time. In his own time, Kilmt (1862-1918) was a highly successful painter, draftsman, muralist, and graphic artist; in the intervening years, iconic works such as The Kiss have been elevated to nothing less than cult status. Klimt's unfading popularity attests to the appeal of not only his aesthetic sensibilities but also that of the recurrent universal themes in his work: love, feminine beauty, aging, and death. He once wrote, "I am a painter who paints day after day from morning to night...Who ever wants to know something about me...ought to look carefully at my pictures." With this overview of Klimt's work, readers will delight in taking up that challenge.

About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features:
a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions]]> 96 Gilles NĂ©ret 382285980X Lizzie 4 4.18 1992
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]]> 14568987
On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art worth today over $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there’s more to this crime than meets the eye.

Claire makes her living reproducing famous works of art for a popular online retailer. Desperate to improve her situation, she lets herself be lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting—one of the Degas masterpieces stolen from the Gardner Museum—in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when the long-missing Degas painting—the one that had been hanging for one hundred years at the Gardner—is delivered to Claire’s studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.

Claire’s search for the truth about the painting’s origins leads her into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can now save her life. B. A. Shapiro’s razor-sharp writing and rich plot twists make The Art Forger an absorbing literary thriller that treats us to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors. it’s a dazzling novel about seeing—and not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas.]]> 355 Barbara A. Shapiro 1616201320 Lizzie 3 3.70 2012
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]]> 58275730 Woman on Fire. World-renowned shoe designer Ellis Baum wants this portrait of a beautiful, mysterious woman for deeply personal reasons, and has enlisted Dan's help to find it. But Jules doesn't have much time; the famous designer is dying.

Meanwhile, in Europe, provocative and powerful Margaux de Laurent also searches for the painting. Heir to her art collector family's millions, Margaux is a cunning gallerist who gets everything she wants. The only thing standing in her way is Jules. Yet the passionate and determined Jules has unexpected resources of her own, including Adam Baum, Ellis's grandson. A recovering addict and brilliant artist in his own right, Adam was once in Margaux's clutches. He knows how ruthless she is, and he'll do anything to help Jules locate the painting before Margaux gets to it first.]]> 416 Lisa Barr 0063040883 Lizzie 3 3.94 2022
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]]> 542639 448 Robert Hughes 0500275823 Lizzie 4 3.74 1980
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]]> 1319 168 Steven Pressfield 0446691437 Lizzie 3 3.95 2002
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]]> 36054954 Author Barbara Davis deftly explores an emotionally charged landscape of pain, loss, and despair—and the risk one woman will take in the hope of loving again.

As a teenage runaway and child of an addict, Christy-Lynn learned the hard way that no address was permanent, and no promise sacred. For a while, she found a safe haven in her marriage to bestselling crime novelist Stephen Ludlow—until his car skidded into Echo Bay. But Stephen’s wasn’t the only body pulled from the icy waters that night. When details about a mysterious violet-eyed blonde become public, a media circus ensues, and Christy-Lynn runs again.

Desperate for answers, she’s shattered to learn that Stephen and his mistress had a child—a little girl named Iris, who now lives in poverty with her ailing great-grandmother. The thought of Iris abandoned to the foster care system—as Christy-Lynn once was—is unbearable. But she’s spent her whole life running—determined never to be hurt again. Will she finally stand still long enough to open herself up to forgiveness and love?]]> 369 Barbara Davis 1503944883 Lizzie 3 4.27 2018
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]]> 56806042 A young artist forges a path of self-discovery in an enriching novel about forgiving the past and embracing second chances, from the bestselling author of An Unfinished Story.

Maine, 1969. After losing her parents in a car accident, aspiring artist Annalisa Mancuso lives with her grandmother and their large Italian family in the stifling factory town of Payton Mills. Inspired by her mother, whose own artistic dreams disappeared in a damaged marriage, Annalisa is dedicated only to painting. Closed off to love, and driven as much by her innate talent as she is the disillusionment of her past, Annalisa just wants to come into her own.

The first step is leaving Payton Mills and everything it represents. The next, the inspiring opportunities in the city of Portland and a thriving New England art scene where Annalisa hopes to find her voice. But she meets Thomas, an Ivy League student whose attentions—and troubled family—upend her pursuits in ways she never imagined possible. As their relationship deepens, Annalisa must balance her dreams against an unexpected love. Until the unraveling of an unforgivable lie.

For Annalisa, opening herself up to life and to love is a risk. It might also be the chance she needs to finally become the person and the artist she’s meant to be.]]> 429 Boo Walker 1542019117 Lizzie 3 4.23 2021
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]]> 6988014 Named one of the best art books of 2008 by The New York Times and The Sunday Times [London]: “An indelible portrait of a peculiar society.”�Vogue

The art market has been booming. Museum attendance is surging. More people than ever call themselves artists. Contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description, and, for some, a kind of alternative religion.

In a series of beautifully paced narratives, Sarah Thornton investigates the drama of a Christie's auction, the workings in Takashi Murakami's studios, the elite at the Basel Art Fair, the eccentricities of Artforum magazine, the competition behind an important art prize, life in a notorious art-school seminar, and the wonderland of the Venice Biennale. She reveals the new dynamics of creativity, taste, status, money, and the search for meaning in life. A judicious and juicy account of the institutions that have the power to shape art history, based on hundreds of interviews with high-profile players, Thornton's entertaining ethnography will change the way you look at contemporary culture. 8 illustrations.]]> 320 Sarah Thornton 039333712X Lizzie 3 3.63 2008
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]]> 857502 Kandinsky's ideas are presented in two parts. The first part, called "About General Aesthetic," issues a call for a spiritual revolution in painting that will let artists express their own inner lives in abstract, non-material terms. Just as musicians do not depend upon the material world for their music, so artists should not have to depend upon the material world for their art. In the second part, "About Painting," Kandinsky discusses the psychology of colors, the language of form and color, and the responsibilities of the artist. An Introduction by the translator, Michael T. H. Sadler, offers additional explanation of Kandinsky's art and theories, while a new Preface by Richard Stratton discusses Kandinsky's career as a whole and the impact of the book. Making the book even more valuable are nine woodcuts by Kandinsky himself that appear at the chapter headings.
This English translation of Ăśber das Geistige in der Kunst was a significant contribution to the understanding of nonobjectivism in art. It continues to be a stimulating and necessary reading experience for every artist, art student, and art patron concerned with the direction of 20th-century painting.]]> 80 Wassily Kandinsky 0486234118 Lizzie 4 3.84 1912
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]]> 59912428 A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past, and what we choose to leave behind.

Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life—living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher—was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business.

Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she and her mom relocate to Adams, New Hampshire, for her final year of high school, they both hope it will be a fresh start.

And for just a short while, these new beginnings are exactly what Olivia and Lily need. Their paths cross when Asher falls for the new girl in school, and Lily can’t help but fall for him, too. With Ash, she feels happy for the first time. Yet at times, she wonders if she can she trust him completely . . .

Then one day, Olivia receives a phone call: Lily is dead, and Asher is being questioned by the police. Olivia is adamant that her son is innocent. But she would be lying if she didn’t acknowledge the flashes of his father’s temper in him, and as the case against him unfolds, she realizes he’s hidden more than he’s shared with her.

Mad Honey is a riveting novel of suspense, an unforgettable love story, and a moving and powerful exploration of the secrets we keep and the risks we take in order to become ourselves.]]> 464 Jodi Picoult 1984818384 Lizzie 3 4.05 2022
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]]> 567616 515 Phaidon Press 0714836257 Lizzie 4 3.86 1997
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]]> 59109077 A discarded painting in a junk pile, a skeleton in an attic, and the greatest racehorse in American history: from these strands, a Pulitzer Prize winner braids a sweeping story of spirit, obsession, and injustice across American history

Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting victories across the South. When the nation erupts in civil war, an itinerant young artist who has made his name on paintings of the racehorse takes up arms for the Union. On a perilous night, he reunites with the stallion and his groom, very far from the glamor of any racetrack.

New York City, 1954. Martha Jackson, a gallery owner celebrated for taking risks on edgy contemporary painters, becomes obsessed with a nineteenth-century equestrian oil painting of mysterious provenance.

Washington, DC, 2019. Jess, a Smithsonian scientist from Australia, and Theo, a Nigerian-American art historian, find themselves unexpectedly connected through their shared interest in the horse--one studying the stallion's bones for clues to his power and endurance, the other uncovering the lost history of the unsung Black horsemen who were critical to his racing success.

Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.]]> 401 Geraldine Brooks 0399562966 Lizzie 3 4.17 2022
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]]> 1395020 144 Ricë Freeman-Zachery 1581809948 Lizzie 3 4.03 2007
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]]> 187633 122 David Bayles 0961454733 Lizzie 3 3.77 1994
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]]> 6659434
The Artist’s Way has touched the lives of millions of people around the world. Now, for the first time, fans will have a beautifully designed daily companion to the author’s life-changing creative process.

With 365 quotations culled from Julia Cameron’s most vital works on the creative process, this elegant little book can easily be carried along as the reader travels her groundbreaking spiritual path to higher creativity. In her introduction to the book, Cameron reveals the importance of cultivating one’s creativity every day and offers stunning new insights on the relationship between creativity and spirituality.

As the world becomes increasingly challenging to navigate, The Artist’s Way Every Day will serve as a daily reminder of the healing power of creativity to nourish the soul.]]> 432 Julia Cameron 1585427470 Lizzie 3 3.92 2009
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]]> 887201 200 Brian Froud Lizzie 3 3.90 1978
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]]> 321552 776 Irving Stone 0451171357 Lizzie 3 4.08 1958
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]]> 3253215
An artist's journal is packed with sketches and captions; some rough, some polished. The margins sometimes spill over with hurriedly scrawled shopping lists and phone numbers. The cover may be travel-worn and the pages warped from watercolors. Open the book, and raw creativity seeps from each color and line. The intimacy and freedom on its pages are almost like being inside the artist's You get a direct window into risks, lessons, mistakes, and dreams.

The private worlds of these visual journals are exactly what you'll find inside An Illustrated Life . This book offers a sneak peak into the wildly creative imaginations of 50 top illustrators, designers and artists. Included are sketchbook pages from R. Crumb, Chris Ware, James Jean, James Kochalka, and many others. In addition, author Danny Gregory has interviewed each artist and shares their thoughts on living the artistic life through journaling.

Watch artists—through words and images—record the world they see and craft the world as they want it to be. The pages of An Illustrated Life are sometimes startling, sometimes endearing, but always inspiring. Whether you're an illustrator, designer, or simply someone searching for inspiration, these pages will open a whole new world to you.]]> 266 Danny Gregory 1600610862 Lizzie 4 3.72 2008
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]]> 31818 A loosely formed autobiography by Andy Warhol, told with his trademark blend of irony and detachment

In The Philosophy of Andy Warhol—which, with the subtitle "(From A to B and Back Again)," is less a memoir than a collection of riffs and reflections—he talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, and success; about New York, America, and his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania; about his good times and bad in New York, the explosion of his career in the sixties, and his life among celebrities.]]> 272 Andy Warhol 0156717204 Lizzie 4 3.84 1975
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]]> 7821828 The Ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the Rothschilds, who “burned like a comet� in nineteenth-century Paris and Vienna society. Yet by the end of World War II, almost the only thing remaining of their vast empire was a collection of 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox.

The renowned ceramicist Edmund de Waal became the fifth generation to inherit this small and exquisite collection of netsuke. Entranced by their beauty and mystery, he determined to trace the story of his family through the story of the collection.

The netsuke—drunken monks, almost-ripe plums, snarling tigers—were gathered by Charles Ephrussi at the height of the Parisian rage for all things Japanese. Charles had shunned the place set aside for him in the family business to make a study of art, and of beautiful living. An early supporter of the Impressionists, he appears, oddly formal in a top hat, in Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party. Marcel Proust studied Charles closely enough to use him as a model for the aesthete and lover Swann in Remembrance of Things Past.

Charles gave the carvings as a wedding gift to his cousin Viktor in Vienna; his children were allowed to play with one netsuke each while they watched their mother, the Baroness Emmy, dress for ball after ball. Her older daughter grew up to disdain fashionable society. Longing to write, she struck up a correspondence with Rilke, who encouraged her in her poetry.

The Anschluss changed their world beyond recognition. Ephrussi and his cosmopolitan family were imprisoned or scattered, and Hitler’s theorist on the “Jewish question� appropriated their magnificent palace on the Ringstrasse. A library of priceless books and a collection of Old Master paintings were confiscated by the Nazis. But the netsuke were smuggled away by a loyal maid, Anna, and hidden in her straw mattress. Years after the war, she would find a way to return them to the family she’d served even in their exile.

In The Hare with Amber Eyes, Edmund de Waal unfolds the story of a remarkable family and a tumultuous century. Sweeping yet intimate, it is a highly original meditation on art, history, and family, as elegant and precise as the netsuke themselves.

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]]> 497164 Camera Lucida was first published in 1979. Commenting on artists such as Avedon, Clifford, Mapplethorpe, and Nadar, Roland Barthes presents photography as being outside the codes of language or culture, acting on the body as much as on the mind, and rendering death and loss more acutely than any other medium. This groundbreaking approach established Camera Lucida as one of the most important books of theory on this subject, along with Susan Sontag's On Photography.]]> 119 Roland Barthes 0374521344 Lizzie 3 3.99 1980
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From the New York Times best-selling author of How We Decide comes a sparkling and revelatory look at the new science of creativity. Shattering the myth of muses, higher powers, even creative “types,� Jonah Lehrer demonstrates that creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few. It’s a variety of distinct thought processes that we can all learn to use more effectively.

Lehrer reveals the importance of embracing the rut, thinking like a child, daydreaming productively, and adopting an outsider’s perspective (travel helps). He unveils the optimal mix of old and new partners in any creative collaboration, and explains why criticism is essential to the process. Then he zooms out to show how we can make our neighborhoods more vibrant, our companies more productive, and our schools more effective.

You’ll learn about Bob Dylan’s writing habits and the drug addictions of poets. You’ll meet a Manhattan bartender who thinks like a chemist, and an autistic surfer who invented an entirely new surfing move. You’ll see why Elizabethan England experienced a creative explosion, and how Pixar’s office space is designed to spark the next big leap in animation.

Collapsing the layers separating the neuron from the finished symphony, Imagine reveals the deep inventiveness of the human mind, and its essential role in our increasingly complex world.


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]]> 2784 John Berger’s Classic Text on Art

Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times a critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has.

"Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics . . . He is a liberator of images: and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us directly, we are in a much better position to make a meaningful evaluation" —Peter Fuller, Arts Review

"The influence of the series and the book . . . was enormous . . . It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace" —Geoff Dyer in Ways of Telling.]]> 176 John Berger 0140135154 Lizzie 3 3.93 1972
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