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A fresh new approach to tapping into our own creativity, using the images and artifacts of our dreams.
Getting inspired is one of the toughest parts of being an artist, whether we're a beginner or a seasoned professional. But as Tom Crockett shows us in this new book, finding ideas for our artwork is easier than we think. By simply exploring the images of our sleeping and waking dream states, we can discover a wealth of ideas and inspiration that are more authentic and powerful because they reveal our underlying spiritual self.
Recognizing the importance of allowing our spiritual side to infuse our art and the fulfillment this can bring, Tom Crockett has created a program to teach us all, no matter what level of artistic experience we have, how to bring art and spirit into one. The four different types of creative expression Crockett has identified--Finding, Arranging, Altering, and Making--open up artistic options for everyone, even for those of us who cannot yet imagine that we have the ability to create art. Filled with personal anecdotes from the author's creativity workshops and practical, easy-to-implement advice for tapping into our hidden creativity,
The Artist Inside teaches us:
how to access the dreaming world to heighten creativity
that we can create in each piece of artwork a temporary home for the spirit
how creating a spiritual path can energize us and increase our intuitive capacity
When the process of making art is guided by the inner vision of our sleeping and waking dream states, we connect with something larger than ourselves and rediscover that creativity can be both a spiritual path and an important life tool.
Customer Reviews:
stiff rendition.......2000-12-07
Topic intrigues me, but I was disappointed in this volume. The author has grabbed a lot of different theories from art therapy, spirituality, and shamanic practices, but the synthesis doesn't ring true. The exercises seem stiff and lifeless and it seemed that the author was stretching ideas to make them fit the points he wanted to make. The book itself was not aesthetically pleasing, is rather *pop* in its presentation which also deters from its message. I felt like I was being sold a future workshop series by the author. Many of the topics discussed in this book are better expressed in other books such as Trust the Process by McNiff, the Mission of Art by Grey, Art Therapy Sourcebook by Malchiodi, and Art is a Way of Knowing by Allen. I recommend these books as paths to the *artist inside* for those who want to explore the idea of art as healing.
This is a beauty!.......2000-05-26
Whether we recognize ourselves as artists or not, our inner dream artist is inviting us on a path of self-exploration, spiritual deepening, creative expression, and self-healing. Tom Crockett offers sacred perspectives and practical tools which link the creativity, inspiration, and ceremony of journeying, making art, and perceiving our inner and outer experiences. The process invites us into the sacred realm that dwells within each of us and all around us, as well.
In his own words, Tom says, "... there is no way I can convince you logically and rationally that objects can have spirit or energetic consciousness. What I can do, on the road to helping you develop a spiritual practice around art, is to help you shift to an energetic way of perceiving the world. It is through the technique of vision-shifting that I believe you will come to agree with me that objects can, indeed, have spirit." This book holds invaluable keys for everyone -- especially for those in touch with, and those wishing to be in touch with, the inner artist, dreamer, therapist, and spiritual guide.
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Painting Miniatures in Acrylic (Leisure Arts Series, No 38)
Cyril Turner
Manufacturer: Search Press(UK)
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Ireland Beyond the Pale: A Photo-Essay
Padraig O'Flannabhra
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After the chuckles and amidst the chortles, the first-time reader of The Thurber Carnival is bound to utter a discreetly voiced "Huh?" Like Cracker Jacks, there are surprises inside James Thurber's delicious 1945 smorgasbord of essays, stories, and sketches. This festival is, surprises and all, a collection of earlier collections (mostly), including, among others, gems from My World--and Welcome to It, Let Your Mind Alone!, and The Middle Aged Man on the Flying Trapeze. Needless to say, there are also numerous cartoons that, by themselves, are worth the price of admission. While redoubling Thurber's deserved reputation as a laugh-out-loud humorist and teller-of-gentle-tales, it reintroduces him as a thinker-of-thoughts. To wit: his 1933 "Preface to a Life," in which he observes himself while discussing "writers of light pieces running from a thousand to two thousand words":
To call such persons "humorists," a loose-fitting and ugly word, is to miss the nature of their dilemma and the dilemma of their nature. The little wheels of their invention are set in motion by the damp hand of melancholy.
Enjoy the surprises, certainly, but revel in the candy-coated popcorn and peanuts. As in "More Alarms at Night," in which a teenaged Thurber intrudes upon his sleeping father, a skittish man named Charles, because he can't recall the name Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Coincidentally, his father has just been frightened half to death by Thurber's brother, who had earlier stalked into his room saying coldly, "Buck, your time has come."
"Listen," I said. "Name some towns in New Jersey quick!" It must have been around three in the morning. Father got up, keeping the bed between him and me, and started to pull his trousers on. "Don't bother about dressing," I said. "Just name some towns in New Jersey." While he hastily pulled on his clothes--I remember he left his socks off and put his shoes on his bare feet--father began to name, in a shaky voice, various New Jersey cities. I can still see him reaching for his coat without taking his eyes off me. "Newark," he said, "Jersey City, Atlantic City, Elizabeth, Paterson, Passaic, Trenton, Jersey City, Trenton, Paterson--" "It has two names," I snapped. "Elizabeth and Paterson," he said.
Of course, things turn out fine, as well they should. And why not? The best of Thurber, which The Thurber Carnival arguably is, is sublime; surprising insight and wry observations tossed lightly and served constantly with effortless good humor and an obvious love for all things gently eccentric. --Michael Hudson
Book Description
James Thurber's unique ability to convey the vagaries of life in a funny, witty, and often satirical way earned him accolades as one of the finest humorists of the twentieth century. A bestseller upon its initial publication in 1945. The Thurber Carnival captures the depth and breadth of his talent. The pieces here, almost all of which first appeared in The New Yorker, include selections from such beloved classics as My World and Welcome to It, The Owl in the Attic, The Seal in the Bathroom, and Men, Women and Dogs. Thurber's take on life, society, and human nature is timeless and will continue to delight readers even as they recognize a bit of themselves in his brilliant sketches.
Customer Reviews:
Hooray for Thurber! .......2007-05-15
A great introduction to this wonderful humorist. I dare you not to laugh out loud at "The Night the Bed Fell." Go on, try it.
Thurber by a golden oldie.......2007-01-12
I first came across Thurber when I was 18 in 1943. The books were in hardback and of course very cheap in those day. I sampled one and then bought the rest. Thurber is very witty, very funny and is easy to relate to. His drawings are wonderful - simple and look so easy. I liked the essays and I loved the cartoons - the one I like best is a chap introducing his wife to a friend 'That's my first wife up there (she is crouching on top of a bookcase and this is the present Mrs Harris.' Another lovely one is a couple in bed with a seal above the headborad and thei wife is snarling 'All right, have it your way -you heard a seal bark.'Thurbers dogs are so evocate. His humour and give my three grandsons the Thurber Carnvival which they are all enjoying.
The Artistic Humorist.......2002-11-01
THE THURBER CARNIVAL is an excellent collection if only because it contains the complete MY LIFE AND HARD TIMES. In the early seventies, when my grandmother gave me a respectful and wonderfully brief biography called THE CLOCKS OF COLUMBUS, I became a THURBER fan. I was in Junior High and Thurber, dead more than ten years already, was enjoying something of a vogue. Most of his books were back in print. Today, we're down to about a third or less of what he wrote. The Library of America's collection looks fairly complete, but THE THURBER CARNIVAL was his own selection of greatest hits, if you will. In both cases I miss the separate volumes from which these stories and cartoons are culled. If there are concept albums, Thurber had concept collections. You don't get the sense of a Beatles album listening to bits from different albums. This is true with Thurber. You need all of LET YOUR MIND ALONE, which you can only get used now. You need all of THE MIDDLE-AGED MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE; his most representative collection.
He tried writing a novel once or twice, but found he could only write short stories. This bothered him. The chief thing to remember as you read him is that he was deeply ashamed of being a humorist. His literary hero was Henry James. During Thurber's time at the New Yorker (and he arrived there about a year after its founding, staying until his death more than three decades later) the magazine was a showcase for humorists. Think of the original cast of Saturday Night Live and you'll have something of an idea of the atmosphere at the magazine in its first ten years or so. Competitive humorists travelled from all over the United States to work for THE NEW YORKER. The Algonquin Roundtable was largely a haven for NEW YORKER staffers. James Thurber learned from E. B. White and a few others and then outstripped them. If you read E. B. White's forays into humor, you'll see his clean prose shining, but you won't feel you know him. Thurber, on the other hand, leaves you with the impression that he wishes to God he never left Ohio. There is a sense of loss in Thurber's rhythms.
He is as dated as a Studebaker. If you're not willing to put yourself back in time, Thurber's not for you. But, if you notice his pain, you might notice how mightily he strove against it. Thomas Wolfe once met him at a party. Someone said, "This is James Thurber, the New Yorker writer."
Wolfe shook his hand and said, "You call those little, tiny things writing?"
All Thurber had was his writing. He was a mess otherwise. Even when his writing practically barks its bitter sentiment, Thurber turns a phrase as if he owns it. The actual content of the stories is immaterial. He should be read outloud, because he was essentially a poet.
THURBER!!!!.......2002-09-16
The works and cartoons of James Thurber have had quite an influence on me over the years. At a very young age I was drawn to his cartoons (pardon the pun), and as I grew older developed a great appreciation of his writings. Decades after their inception, his works ring true.
Thurber's humour belongs in a category of its own.......2002-01-25
This compendium will give a thoroughly entertaining taste of one of the twentieth century's greatest humourists. Thurber's imagination and wit have an appeal all their own.
This anthology brings together a number of his short stories as well as selections from amongst his modern fables and cartoons. 'What Do You Mean, It Was Brillig?' and 'The Night the Bed Fell' are two excellent and hilarious tales that serve well as an introduction to Thurber's surreal world. Don't read these in public unless you are prepared to draw attention to yourself - they will have you laughing out loud. In his fables, modelled after Aesop, but with a twentieth-century bent, Thurber delights in catching the reader unaware with his own particular brand of irony.
The cartoons are ingenious. Sometimes you will read a cartoon in a newspaper and it will make you laugh. Go back to it again and it no longer has the same effect. Thurber's cartoons, on the other hand, are so utterly inspired (I do not exaggerate), that they will improve upon a second and third look. You will discover subtle nuances you didn't perceive before. His funniest offerings draw on the theme of marriage, and frequently involve the chasm between a husband and wife trapped in a marriage out of which the love and romance has long since disappeared. You will be left baffled as to where exactly Thurber came across such a natural talent for finding (and exploiting) the absurd in everything.
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The Thurber Carnival
Manufacturer: Harper and Brothers
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000G1GGU6 |
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Thurber's life baffles and irritates the biographer because of its lack of design. One has the disturbing feeling that the man contrived to be some place without actually having gone there. His drawings, for example, sometimes seen to have reached completionby some other route.In his prose pieces he appears always to have started from the beginning and to have reached the end by way of the middle. This book contains a selection of the stories and drawings that Thurber did in his prime, a period which extended roughly from the year Lindbergh flew the Atlantic to the day coffee was rationed.
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The Thurber Carnival
Manufacturer: Random House
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Customer Reviews:
A Thurber Carnival.......2007-01-15
A selection of sketches divided into two acts written for 5 men and 4 women by one of America's greatest humorists. Highlights include: "The Night the Bed Fell," "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," "Gentlemen Shoppers," "The Pet Department," and "File and Forget."
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Series like "The Avengers" and "Danger Man", with their professional secret agents, or "The Saint" and "The Persuaders", featuring flamboyant crime-fighters, still inspire mainstream and cult followings. Saints and Avengers explores and celebrates this unique television genre for the first time. James Chapman uses case studies to look at the thrillers' representations of national identity, and the world of the '60's and '70's. Chapman also asserts that this particular type of thriller was a historically and culturally defined generic type, with enduring appeal, as the current vogue for remaking them as big budget films attests.
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The Other British Invasion.......2005-09-05
In Saints & Avengers, author James Chapman profiles nine TV series. He says that all but one are available on home video, but he must mean in the U.K., because a quick search shows that only about half are easily available in the U.S. Some of these shows never aired in the U.S., so the American reader may not be as interested in some parts of this book.
The subtitle is British Adventure Series of the 1960s and that is an accurate description of the purpose of this book. Chapman examines how the British TV series differed from the American shows of the same time and how these shows in particular typified the decade.
Even in the 60s, American television was a dominant cultural force, but British series such as The Avengers and The Champions were still able to capture a large American audience. For one thing, there were few spy series in the U.S., with westerns and detective drama more common. When Brit spy shows came to America, we were ready for them. (Come to think of it, I can't even think of any American spy heroes, fictional or not.)
Chapman also looks at how the shows belonged to the Sixties and couldn't succeed beyond the end of the decade. He points out the failure of The New Avengers and The Return of the Saint. On the other hand, it seemes that viewers in the Seventies were receptive to a completely different type of series, as The Prisoner showed.
Chapman's writing is clear and engaging, except in the introduction, when he gets bogged down in academic jargon. Don't let that keep you from moving right on to the rest of this thoughtful and entertaining look at some of the best television there has ever been.
An excellent book for anyone interested in these shows!.......2004-02-14
This book works on three levels:
1. Read as a whole, it provides a fascinating account of the rise and fall of the British TV export market in the 1960s. I always wondered why there are all these great British shows that aired on American network TV back then, but none do now. This book provides the answers.
2. Chapman provides very interesting and well-cited academic insight into these series, examining their themes and cultural implications, and how they fit into their time, without ever becoming dry or boring. This book is not a text book; it's very readable.
3. Read in pieces, the book provides solid backgrounds and analysises of each program it discusses. The most pages are devoted to Secret Agent (Danger Man), The Avengers, The Saint, and The Persuaders, which should make sense to an American reader, since these are the shows most commonly available here on DVD. It is worth buying this book even if you are just into ONE of these shows and want to know more about it. However, I found myself reading every chapter, and becoming interested in the other shows discussed as well, and trying to track them down.
Overall, this book is an excellent overview of Sixties British adventure/spy series (as its apt title suggests) written in a very accessible manner. Highly recommended!
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A Cultural History of Latin America brings together chapters from Volumes III, IV, and X of The Cambridge History of Latin America. The essays place Latin American literature, music and visual arts in historical context, from the early nineteenth century through the late twentieth century. Topics include narrative fiction and poetry; indigenous literatures and culture; the development of music, sculpture, painting, mural art, and architecture; and the history of Latin American film. Each chapter is accompanied by a bibliographical essay.
Customer Reviews:
Both poor and excellent essays re the region's "culture".......1999-10-12
While the latest edition of Leslie Bethell's Oxford "History Of Latin America" series suffers by comparison with others of the series it does provide insight and information on an aspect of Latin America which is often slighted by economic or political analyses of the region. The anthology covers (in order) literature, poetry, Native American art, plastic art, architecture and film. The calibre of the essays varies greatly. Martin's insights into the region's literary trends remind me of Jean Franco's excellent work whereas other sections, such as those on architecture and the plastic, come across as a mere listing of works and their creators. One reason for this is that the various authors were faced with the dilemma of either accurately portraying the region's culture as disparate or tying the various artists together into overall patterns. The authors who sacrificed accuracy were able to analyze in an engaging manner, while those who, correctly, recognized that patterns are few in the region suffered from chaotic and incoherent essays.
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Carnival, charivari, mumming plays, peasant festivals, and even early versions of the Santa Claus myth--all of these forms of entertainment influenced and shaped blackface minstrelsy in the first half of the nineteenth century. In his fascinating study Demons of Disorder, musicologist Dale Cockrell studies issues of race and class by analyzing their cultural expressions, and investigates the roots of still-remembered songs such as "Jim Crow," "Zip Coon," and "Dan Tucker." The first book on the blackface tradition written by a leading musicologist, Demons of Disorder is an important achievement in music history and culture.
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The Cambridge History of American Music is the first study of music in the United States to be written by a team of scholars. The volume begins with a survey of the music of Native Americans and then explores the historical and cultural events of musical life for the period up to 1900. Other contributors then examine the growth of popular music, including film and stage music, jazz, rock, and immigrant, folk, and regional music. The volume also includes chapters on twentieth-century art music, including the experimental, serial, and tonal traditions.
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The New York Concert Saloon: The Devil's Own Nights (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama)
Brooks McNamara
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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A concert saloon is an establishment offering various kinds of entertainment, including alcohol, with some also providing gambling and prostitution. Brooks McNamara explores the concert saloon in New York from the Civil War to the early years of the twentieth century. He focuses on the theatrical aspects of the concert saloon and examines the sources of saloon shows, changes in direction during the century, performing spaces and equipment, and employees and patrons.
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A concert saloon is an establishment offering various kinds of entertainment, including alcohol, with some also providing gambling and prostitution. Brooks McNamara explores the concert saloon in New York from the Civil War to the early years of the twentieth century. He focuses on the theatrical aspects of the concert saloon and examines the sources of saloon shows, changes in direction during the century, performing spaces and equipment, and employees and patrons.
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You'll love this wonderful collection of favorite Leisure Arts baby afghans, with a variety of styles and colors. Each one of these 54 cover-ups includes step-by-step instructions and radiant full-color photography so you can be confident of success.
Customer Reviews:
OUR BEST BABY AFGANS (Liesure Arts #2853).......2007-06-27
Great crochet baby blanket book-the only one you'll need!! Beautiful patterns and all different levels of difficulty. A must have!!
One of the best baby afghan books ever!.......2006-11-08
The book contains many dainty patterns ideal for newborns and babies and some of which are suitable for quick crocheting. I am absolutely delighted with the book. I recommend this book to all crochet lovers who are looking for a special design for a special baby.
Wonderful book!.......2006-08-30
This is the best gallery of baby afghans in one book that I have seen. There are so many wonderful afghans, it is too hard to choose which one to make. The instructions are clear and easy to follow. I have several great nieces and nephews being born and each will love their afghan from here. Would highly recommend this book to the beginner as well as advanced crocheter. My Mom loved mine so much, I ordered one for her too!
Our Best Baby Afghans (Leisure Arts Leaflet, 2853).......2005-11-04
This is an absolute must for anyone who enjoys crocheting. This soft covered book contains the best collections of baby afghans and throws for little girls and boys.
I first purchased this book in 1998 and used it repeatedly over the years. Somewhere along the line I LOST my book. It only seemed natural to go on line and try to find my favorite old pattern book. To my surprise, there it was at amazon.com, my first stop. On my next visit to a craft store, there it was again still in print. I should have realized that "Our Best Baby Afghans" would pass the test of time and still be available.
If you are looking for that extra special something different gift, this one's for you.
B. Donahue
PS My neice is 8 years old and still uses her little throw.
Great book, beautiful patterns.......2004-07-11
This was one of the first books of crochet patterns I bought and it continues to be a valuable part of my pattern library. I am still a beginning/slightly intermediate crocheter and I have been able to make several of the afghans in this book with no problems. Instructions clear and photographs helpful. I am currently making the "Simply Beautiful" shell pattern afghan in Bernat's "Baby Coordinates" yarn in pale yellow, and it's coming out gorgeous - it almost looks like lace, but the pattern couldn't be easier. I'm sure this book will supply many more baby gifts in years to come.
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Find the perfect "birth-day" present in this collection of 33 darling cover-ups for baby boys and girls. Fashioned in soft pastels, these fun-to-knit designs come with plenty of close-up photography and step-by-step instructions.
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Our best baby afghans.......2007-08-20
I have this book and have knitted a couple of the baby afghans in the book for grand-nephews. They love them. Patterns are easy to follow. Using Caron yarn makes them very soft, cuddly, and washable.
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A Mad World, My Masters
Manufacturer: Macmillan Audio Books
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- The Arts of Asia: Materials, Techniques, Styles
- The Courtesan's Arts: Cross-Cultural Perspectives Includes CD
- The Devil in Design: The Krampus Postcards
- The Entertainment Sourcebook 2005 (Entertainment Sourcebook)
- The Everyday Work of Art: Awakening the Extraordinary in Your Daily Life
- The Fantasy Art of Keith Parkinson 2006 Calendar
- The Matchcover Collector's Price Guide: The Comprehensive Reference Book and Price Guide to Matchcovers
- The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art
- The New Artist's Manual: The Complete Guide to Painting and Drawing Materials and Techniques
- The New Yorker Book of All-New Cat Cartoons (New Yorker Series)
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