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Title: Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 0-553-35489-2 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: playful and brilliant
Comment: Natalie's paintings are dazzling...she seems to have caught the emotional color of her subjects, the inner dance of things...it's essential magic. In the chapter titled "How I Paint", she says: " I noticed that the blue of my paints wasn't blue enough to get the intensity of that New Mexico sky. I painted the sky red instead. I painted Jazz yellow. He was a brown dog, but yellow expressed him better. Color became fluid".
There's a chapter on her father, with 7 paintings of him, the first from '78, the last, '98...wonderful portraits, with a sadness in them, despite the vivid colors.
Another chapter, "A Deep Source of my Writing", is about how her writing and painting are interrelated.
She writes of her European travels, her visits to the Musee Matisse, Cezanne's studio, the Kafka Museum, and so much more...with an easy flow that makes reading a pleasure, but it's the paintings that captivate me.
Her interiors are incredible..ordinary places like bathrooms and kitchens, turned into playgrounds of glorious color...her buildings and outdoor scenes are also amazing (her sense of perspective is fabulous !), but I love her cars best of all. If I could own one painting, it would be the green Chevy truck on page 22. It seems to have a face, with a side window that's winking at me.
This is a very special book, so full of life and love. It makes me laugh, inspires me, gives me hope and warms my heart.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the most important creative books ever written
Comment: I can only echo the other rave reviews: This book is a must-own (not just a must-read) if you're an artist, a writer, or both. Even if you can't draw a stick figure, but have always wanted to be an artist, this book will set you on the path to creative expression. Don't just wish to be an artist... get this book, and start painting!
Rating: 5
Summary: If you're a writer, artist, or wannabe, buy this book!
Comment: Don't lend it to a friend, guard it with your life! Ms. Goldberg's drawings are wondrous. I want to say that they remind me of David Hockney's work - but that wouldn't quite do it. Because her style is hers alone and it's magical! The accompanying text throughout gives you an understanding of her drawings - and how she's able to unleash that part of her creativity - and have FUN! I never fail to read the latest Natalie Goldberg book - her insights, her truthfulness about her struggles help me realize that we're all artists. Some of us are just a little freer and further along than the rest. Thank goodness Natalie keeps writing to show us paths that she's hewn for herself.
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Title: Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 0553347756 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Top of My Lungs: Poems and Paintings : And the Essay "How Poetry Saved My Life by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 158567298X Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 10 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 0877733759 Publisher: Shambhala Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 1986 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 0553374966 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 30 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America by Natalie Goldberg ISBN: 0553373153 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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