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Summary: limitless
Review: a solid well written understanding of our ability to be. through art, which is in us all author Michell helps us let go, removing the rules, walls, limits that are consistently pushed on us from childhood. this is a book to free your spirit and cleanse your soul, so what are you waiting for? Q. To Be or Not To Be. BUY IT NOW.
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Summary: Enter the gate of creativeness!
Review: As long as you open the book, there are warm flowing of creativenes embracing you... The book is just like a key, allow you to open and enter the gate of the wonderfull world of creativeness, which belongs to everbody on the earth. The principles are just simple, but being neglected by most of people and thus our life have missed the most wonderful parts - the great joy and happiness from the deeper parts of ourselves, and from the contacts of universe - the simple, cheerful, pure world which is full of love. It is a wonderful book bring us towards the essence of living...
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Summary: A Life Changing Experience
Review: I stumbled upon this book while I was getting a Master's in Art. Needing to work through the issues of ego and being a good enough artist, I found myself constantly turning to the pages of Life Paint and Passion. Subsequently I have introduced the book to my students grades 11 and 12 and the reaction was phenomenal. One of my students commented that this book changed her life. It may sound overstated, but the fact is that she may be right. For young artists as well as old, relying on the process can be daunting. Life Paint and Passion allows one to feel free enough to trust painting in the moment. For all artists this is a remarkable work, for teachers it is invaluable. I am now ordering copies (at the request of my students) for the entire class.
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Summary: A Life Changing Experience
Review: I stumbled upon this book while I was getting a Master's in Art. Needing to work through the issues of ego and being a good enough artist, I found myself constantly turning to the pages of Life Paint and Passion. Subsequently I have introduced the book to my students grades 11 and 12 and the reaction was phenomenal. One of my students commented that this book changed her life. It may sound overstated, but the fact is that she may be right. For young artists as well as old, relying on the process can be daunting. Life Paint and Passion allows one to feel free enough to trust painting in the moment. For all artists this is a remarkable work, for teachers it is invaluable. I am now ordering copies (at the request of my students) for the entire class.
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Summary: A toe in the door to personal freedom
Review: Michelle and Stewart have a point of view that has given me a wonderful foundation of personal strength in my painting. While I still suffer the usual nagging doubts, I have learned to put them in prospective, and not be dominated by the pesky and ever present demons. Reading this book, thinking and feeling about its message is an artistic blessing that can be surpassed only by "The Painting Experience", the workshops that are run by them. I highly recommend both.
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Summary: A toe in the door to personal freedom
Review: Michelle and Stewart have a point of view that has given me a wonderful foundation of personal strength in my painting. While I still suffer the usual nagging doubts, I have learned to put them in prospective, and not be dominated by the pesky and ever present demons. Reading this book, thinking and feeling about its message is an artistic blessing that can be surpassed only by "The Painting Experience", the workshops that are run by them. I highly recommend both.
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Summary: Direct access to visual expression
Review: Michelle Cassou and Stewart Cubley have done for painting what Betty Edwards(Drawing on the right side of the brain) has done for Realistic drawing. Given us direct access to enhanced, hot-wired visual expression and the creative process. These books heal the wounds inflicted or indeed self-inflicted in the struggle for creative expression in or out of art school. That treasured page where Michelle describes her encounter with the children in the Paris artclass. Her journey from despair to inner sanctuary and healing in a moment will stand with pure contour drawing (see Edwards) as two powerful transcendent becons ligthing the path to bliss. The bliss that I have experienced painting and drawing in the presence of Mother Nature. Such a simple act, offering such tremendous rewards, so rarely performed. There aren't enough stars in a Starry Night for these books.
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Summary: for non painters
Review: this book and aviva gold's "painting from the source" are the same. they consider the final art work not such important than the creative process itself. the book is useful as a healing therapy involving art, but can not be considered as a source of imagery and worthy themes to paint. Against painter's crative blocks, the book "the blank canvas" could be better. If you are an artist looking for inspiration, look elsewhere.
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Summary: for non painters
Review: this book and aviva gold's "painting from the source" are the same. they consider the final art work not such important than the creative process itself. the book is useful as a healing therapy involving art, but can not be considered as a source of imagery and worthy themes to paint. Against painter's crative blocks, the book "the blank canvas" could be better. If you are an artist looking for inspiration, look elsewhere.
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Summary: Excellent book on the creative process
Review: This is the best book I have read on what it means to truly enter into the creative process. Although painting is the medium talked about, this is for anyone who is interested in getting in touch with their own creativity, whether you have never painted, or if you are an accomplished artist. I was inspired by the examples of how to go beyond opinion to get to what is authentic and true. One of my favorite quotes from the book is "Beauty is in the honest gesture." I love this book and have given it to friends.
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