Who Stole the Mona Lisa?
A really fun book about how the Mona Lisa came to be and how she was stolen … and eventually returned to her home at the museum. Fun illustrations to match too!
Book Musings: Who Stole the Mona Lisa
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Book Musings: Eleanor
Eleanor
Wonderfully captivating book detailing Eleanor Roosevelt’s young life. Heartbreaking to read about her childhood.
Incredibly inspiring to learn about how life shifted for her in boarding school … because of the love and encouragement of one woman. We loved it!!
Book Musings: Peace is the Way
Peace is the Way
“There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” -Mahatma Gandhi
I am reading this book aloud with Thomas and Lillian. There’s so much it contains that I’d like to share, it would nearly be the entire book! It’s an incredibly powerful book. It may have been published in 2005; yet, it seems especially relevant in the present.
“Violence may be innate in human nature, but so is its opposite: love. The next stage of humanity, the leap which we are poised to take, will be guided by the force of that love.”
“You aren’t asked to be a saint, or to give up any belief. You are only asked to stop reacting out of fear, to change your allegiance from violence to peace.”
Book Musings: Cezanne and the Apple Boy
Cezanne and the Apple Boy
The story of Paul Cezanne who revolutionized painting by struggling along the steep path into Modern Art. The Cezanne family were ostracized in the town. They laughed at Cezanne and mocked him about his funny, strange and weird paintings.
He invented a new method of simplifying shapes into cones, cylinders, and spheres. His work was pioneered in Paris by art dealer, Vollard, and he became a rich man. He remained reclusive, built a small studio just outside of town where he worked quietly for the rest of his days.
His great grandson helped with the details of this book. Yes! We enjoyed this one too!!
Book Musings: Buddha
Buddha
Exquisitely illustrated story of Siddhartha … from his birth through becoming an Enlightened One, a Buddha, and throughout his forty-five years of teaching Truth and the path to inner peace.
I think it’s clear by now that we LOVE books written and illustrated by DEMI.
Book Musings: the Impersonal Life
October 7 2017:
the Impersonal Life by Joseph Benner
One of the most powerful books I have every experienced (right up there with Untethered Soul and The Surrender Experiment).
“I AM the Tree of Life within you. Speak the Creative Word! Be Still. And. Know. You and I are One.”
Book Musings: Helen Keller’s Best Friend Belle
September 30 2017:
Helen Keller’s Best Friend Belle
Wonderfully illustrated book about Helen Keller’s love of dogs and how much they meant to her.
Yes, we liked!
Book Musings: Colors of the Wind
Colors of the Wind – The Story of Blind Artist and Champion Runner George Mendoza
George Mendoza has been legally blind since the age of 15 and he paints what he sees. He has a very rare form of blindness, called fundus flavimaculatus, which destroyed his central vision but left him with limited peripheral vision.
He refers to it as “kaleidoscope eyes” because of the way objects are reflected back and multiplied in his vision. Such an amazing and wonderful story! We really enjoyed learning about George Mendoza!
Book Musings: Polishing the Mirror
Polishing the Mirror – How to Love from Your Spiritual Heart
“The minute I heard my first love story
I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was.
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.
They are in each other all along.” – Rumi
Another great book by Ram Dass. I greatly enjoy his perspective. From being here now to aging and changing, from suffering to grace, to content to just be. This book is deeply meaningful for me.
Book Musings: Balloons Over Broadway
September 9 2017:
Balloons Over Broadway – The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy’s Parade
“Every little movement has a meaning of its own.” ~Tony Sarg
“I have never done a stroke of work in my life.” ~Tony Sarg
Wonderful story of how the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade came to be. As a young boy, Tony Sarg loved to figure out how to make things move. He once said he became a marionette man when he was only six years old.
Tony Sarg taught himself how to carve wood, build sets, sew costumes, engineer electronics, and write plays … and had no formal art lessons. He became one of the busiest artists of his day.
Such an inspiring story and book with great illustrations! We loved it!
