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THE CREATIVE LIFE: 7 Keys to Your Inner Genius Ref: RFD610

Eric Butterworth

'God is creative, and we are creative. That's the premise of Unity minister Butterworth's straightforward and inspiring guide to living a creative life. Although he uses the Genesis account as the book's organizing principle (his seven steps parallel the seven days of creation and rest), this is not a particularly Jewish or Christian book. Rather, Butterworth draws on teachings both Transcendentalist and New Age God is creativity, God is us, God is in us, etc. On the first day of creation, God said, "Let there be light," and Butterworth claims that seeking the inner light is likewise the first step in developing a creative self. He also dwells on the phrase "Let there be," suggesting that readers should take that phrase as their motto: "No suggestion of effort, no strain, no hurry... just let."' - Publisher's Weekly.

156pp, 7.5x5.5 ... Hardback

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CROP ART & OTHER EARTHWORKS Ref: RWD654

Stan Herd

Herd is an unusual artist. His medium is the earth itself; his palette consists of soil, wheat, sunflowers, and corn; his brush is a tractor; and his images can be seen only from an airplane. Herd is as articulate as he is innovative, describing his motivations and inspirations within a broad cultural context. A child of the heartland influenced by the visions of the sixties, Herd recognized the value of a life lived close to the land as exemplified by American Indians, first and foremost, and by independent farmers. He was also fascinated by ancient earth designs visible only from the air, such as those found in the Nazca Desert in Peru. The combination of those inspirations induced Herd to create his first earthwork, a portrait of Kiowa chief Satanta worked into a 160-acre Kansas wheat field. As Herd describes his techniques and all the complexities involved in securing land, equipment, and assistance, we can barely take our eyes off the aerial photographs of his immense, living images. These drawings on the Great Plains, transformed by the cycle of the seasons and the vagaries of weather, arouse our awe at the earth's vitality and beauty, and our delight in humankind's ingenuity, artistic drive, and sense of adventure.

64pp, 16x11.5, illus. ... Paperback

Published price £12.95 -- You save £5.00 ... 39%
Price: £7.95

CROP CIRCLES: Exploring the Designs & Mysteries Ref: RWB0365

Werner Anderhub, Hans Peter Roth

Throughout the world, mysterious patterns have almost magically started appearing in fields - baffling the farmers who own the land and the scientists who examine them. What are these fantastic geometric figures? Who (or what) is creating them? Two journalists specializing in crop circle research provide revealing answers in this bestselling and visually stunning study. A spectacular 30-page pictorial, which presents an eye-catching survey of the contin-uing phenomenon, will fascinate believers and non-believers alike with its surprising beauty, variety, and complexity.

144pp, 7.5x9, illus ... ISBN 1579902979 ... Paperback

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DA VINCI DECODED: Discovering the Spiritual Secrets of Leonardo's Seven Principles Ref: RWD918

Michael Gelb

Never religious but always profoundly spiritual, Leonardo da Vinci devoted his life to seeking to understand the essence of things - a journey of discovery guided by the Seven Da Vincian Principles. Chapter by chapter, Da Vinci Decoded penetrates the mysteries of Leonardo's spirituality, and show us how we, too, can use the principles to draw closer to the divine essence within ourselves. Drawing on Leonardo's notebooks, inventions, and artworks, Michael Gelb explains the Seven Da Vincian Principles as they apply to spiritual development. Each principle is discussed in a chapter that opens with a single image created by Leonardo, and each chapter then discusses how that principle manifested in Leonardo's life, provides exercises to help put the principle into practice, and closes with another Leonardo image to inspire us while doing the practice.

224pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Hardback

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DRAW NATURALLY: How a New Way of Seeing Can Improve Your Drawing Skills Ref: RWB0323

Allan Kraayvanger

Draw Naturally proposes a new way of learning to see and draw with shapes that makes the process of drawing as simple as possible. Artists learn to translate three-dimensional subjects into big shapes, then to gradually add dimensionality and develop detail, an approach that is particularly effective for capturing life and action. Artists are taken through a series of exercises that teach them how to transform their new way of seeing into a variety of practical skills-including how to create an action line, break a large shape into smaller ones, simplify values, quick-sketch heads and faces, and capture the expressive character of trees and other landscape elements-eventually enabling them to create fully developed drawings. REMAINDER MARK.

160pp, 11x8.5, illus. ... ISBN 0823013782 ... Paperback

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GAIASTAR MANDALAS: Ecstatic Visions of the Living Earth Ref: RWE1013

Bonnie Bell & David Todd

Buddhist, Hindu, and Native American cultures have long used Mandalas as tools for meditation, healing, relaxation, and guidance. The intricate patterns of the Mandalas can simultaneously draw the viewer to the center of the image and spin the viewer out of the vortex, thereby centering the soul and expanding one’s cerebral boundaries. Traditionally, mandalas are related to a specific belief system and are created by hand according to very specific geometries and color schemes. Artists David Todd and Bonnie Bell have taken the conventional Mandala to new frontiers, creating glorious visionary nature art with their own technique. Tradition-free, the GaiaStar Mandalas speak in a universal voice. While investigating the details of nature surrounding their home, such as the shape of a rock or a pattern within wood, they became inspired to photograph these intricate parts of the larger whole: Earth (or Gaia). They then began further investigating their photographs by scanning them and making patterns with the digital images. The results were magical. These GaiaStar Mandalas are visually arresting and beautiful. Certain individual Earth elements are clearly identifiable; others are obscure. Combinations of leaves, feathers, petals, quartz, wood, fungus, crystal, rocks, stones - all present a dazzling intricacy and a magnetic power. GaiaStar Mandalas gives the reader the unique chance to examine the very essence of Earth, to feel a direct connection with the planet.

112pp, 9.5x9.5, illus. ... Paperback

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ILLUMINATIONS: The Healing Image - Finding - & Learning From - the Inner Artist for Psychic Growth Ref: REA121

Madeline McMurray

Personal healing and spiritual development are available through contact with “the inner artist” in everyone. The author provides exercises that require no training in art and evoke the message the inner artist can reveal. “This is a really useful book… Readers who may judge themselves to be without artistic talent will be surprised to find themselves drawing expressively and artistically.” - Betty Edwards, author of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain.

96pp, 7.25x9.5, illus. ... Paperback

Published price £10.99 -- You save £6.00 ... 55%
Price: £4.99

INDIAN EROTICA Ref: RWD061

Alka Pande

From the earliest terracotta images of the Mother Goddess to tantric diagrams, from palm-leaf paintings to celluloid depictions, from the fine details of miniature paintings to celluloid depictions, from the fine details of miniature paintings to modern art and advertising graffitti, this book covers ground that few have trod. Finding a striking continuity in the motifs used in erotic art, it grounds them in the principles that have shaped brush strokes and line drawing, curvatures and camera focuses down the centuries.

160pp, 11x9, illus. ... Hardback

Published price £25.00 -- You save £16.01 ... 64%
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THE MANDALA HEALING KIT: Using Sacred Symbols for Spiritual & Emotional Healing Ref: RXD117

Judith Cornell

Mandalas - from the Sanskrit for circle - have been used for millennia in cultures worldwide as a tool for spiritual growth, creativity, and physical and emotional healing. With The Mandala Healing Kit, students join Judith Cornell, an internationally recognized expert and the best-selling author of Mandala (over 100,000 copies sold), for a powerful learn-at-home program that covers every aspect of a lifelong mandala practice. The kit includes a 96-page workbook with 24 exercises and beautiful colour illustrations; a guided audio CD of Cornell’s most effective meditations and suggestions; mandala stencils and special paper; and quality colour pencils and gel pen. Exercises cover: How to make mandalas for healing the heart and opening the wellspring of compassion you carry within; Precise techniques for using sound and colour to mend psychological fragmentation and express your hidden creative talents; How to create a "scale of light" to recognize and experience your own divine radiance, and much more. With The Mandala Healing Kit anyone can begin an exploration of this intriguing wisdom practice - for weaving the soul to a state of wholeness and connecting to the living mosaic of the universe.

Boxed Set

Published price £24.00
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THE MAP OF YOUR MIND: Journeys into Creative Expression Ref: RWD677

Maureen Jennings

Life is a hot issue, she points out, and we all need some place to express ourselves. Some people seem to be able to do that effortlessly, but for many of us there are “stoppers,” nagging, internal voices that say things like “Whatever makes you think you are creative?” Jennings reminds us that being creative isn’t reserved for the talented few, nor is it limited to writing and art. We all start out in the same way, full of life and curiosity, but somewhere along the line we often lose track of that part of ourselves, and spend our lives longing to get it back. The Map of Your Mind, full of common-sense advice and encouragement, is intended as a guide into the creative self. Here are suggestions for equipment, for ways of training yourself to be open to what goes on around you, as well as a program of timed and graduated excercises (mostly written) to be worked through alone or, preferably, with a group of friends. She includes examples from her own groups of what various members have done with each of the excercises. She also encourages you to throw out all expectations, urging you instead to simply allow yourself to come alive and explore your creative self. As a therapist, she also knows how this can help you to know and accept your own uniqueness. As the leader of many groups that explore creative expression, she also knows how support can help.

260pp, 9x7.5 ... Paperback

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NATURAL MANDALAS: 30 New Meditations to Help You Find Peace & Awareness in the Beauty of Nature Ref: RWF0291

Lisa Tenzin-Dolma

A new collection of Mandalas inspired by nature, for meditation on the ladscapes, wildlife and flora of the natural world - with symbolic specially designed to be accessible to anyone practicing today. Embark on a voyage of discovery using 30 superb new mandalas for meditation. Bring the beauty and wonder of nature into your awareness as a reliable route to t ranquillity and enlightenment. The ideal visual aid for everyone interested in meditation, including those meditating for the first time. Remainder mark.

160pp, 9.5x9 ... ISBN 1844832295 ... Hardback

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NO MORE SECONDHAND ART: Awakening the Artist Within Ref: RWF0563

Peter London

This book is about using art as an instrument of personal transformation, enabling us to move from an inherited to a chosen state of being. Peter London offers inspiration and fresh ideas to artists, art students, and art teachers, as well as to people who think they can't draw a straight line but want to explore the joys of creative expression. Inside every person, he believes, there is an original, creative self that has been covered over by secondhanmd ideas, borrowed beliefs, and conditional behavior. By freeing the capacity for visual expression - a natural human language by everyone - we can awaken and release the full powers of that original self. REMAINDER MARK.

190pp, 9x6, illus. ... ISBN 0877734828 ... Paperback

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THE OFFICIAL BOOK OF SUDOKU: Book 2 - 150 All-New Puzzles Ref: RXZ1087-T

Sudoku is a wordless spin on the crossword puzzle that really stretches the mind. Easy to learn but hard to master, its reached epidemic levels of popularity. Here are 150 new puzzles (and solutions) to improve your skills. And if you haven't tried Sudoku yet, you'll also find instructions, tips and strategies for how to play. Remainder mark.

208pp, 7.25x5.25, illus. ... Paperback

Published price £6.99 -- You save £4.30 ... 62%
Price: £2.69

REDUX: Designs that Reveal, Recycle, & Redefine Ref: RWB0412

Jennifer Roberts

"Redux: Designs that Reveal, Recycle, and Redefine" offers a host of solutions for creating a green home with recycled, reused, and environmentally healthy materials, whether remodeling, redecorating, or building from the ground up. This book combines extensive salvage use with the larger goal of efficiency and environmentalism - and the results are simply stunning. With a focus on healthfulness, durability, and comfort, Roberts has assembled a collection of living spaces so innovative that it will turn the idea of "salvage" on its head. They span the spectrum of reuse, and exemplify the countless steps that homeowners can take to put a stamp of beauty and individuality on their home, while providing the added benefits of being earth-friendlier, healthier, more self reliant, and more efficient. Included are chapters that focus on Renovation (energy efficiency, salvaging, where to find good old stuff), Adaptation (preservation, old stuff to avoid, restoration) and New Construction (ecologically intelligent design, straw bale, and green architects). Whether it's salvaging lumber from a demolition site, or choosing double-paned windows and chemically safe paints, this book will provide hundreds of ways to make old things new again. The tips and information here will be invaluable, no matter whether you're a "Do-It-Yourselfer" or just a "Decide It-Yourselfer!"

160pp, 8.5x9.75, illus. ... Hardback

Published price £17.99 -- You save £10.00 ... 56%
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THE SOUND OF PAPER: Starting from Scratch Ref: RWB0392

Julia Cameron

The bestselling author of The Artist's Way draws on her many years of personal experience as both a writer and a teacher to uncover the difficult soul work that artists must do to find inspiration. In The Sound of Paper, Julia Cameron delves deep into the heart of the personal struggles that all artists experience. What can we do when we face our keyboard or canvas with nothing but a cold emptiness? How can we begin to carve out our creation when our vision and drive are clouded by life's uncertainties? In other words, how can we begin the difficult work of being an artist? In this inspiring book, Cameron describes a process of constant renewal, of starting from the beginning. She writes, "When we are building a life from scratch, we must dig a little. We must be like that hen scratching beneath the soil. 'What goodness is hidden here, just below the surface?' we must ask." With personal essays accompanied by exercises designed to develop the power to infuse one's art with a deeply informed knowledge of the soul, this book is an essential artist's companion from one of the foremost authorities on the creative process. Cameron's most illuminating book to date, The Sound of Paper provides readers with a spiritual path for creating the best work of their lives. REMAINDER MARK.

316pp, 8.25x5.5 ... Paperback

Published price £8.99 -- You save £5.20 ... 58%
Price: £3.79

TIBET: Life, Myth & Art Ref: RWD030

Michael Willis

With a wealth of specially commissioned artworks and magnificent full-color photographs, Tibet is a superb pictorial record of one of the world's most fascinating cultures. It reveals the broad repertoire of Tibetan symbols and motifs and presents the art of Tibet, from its most monumental temples to its most exquisitely detailed statues of Buddhas, deities, and saints.

144pp, 10x10½, illus. ... Hardback

Published price £17.95 -- You save £9.00 ... 50%
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WALKING IN THIS WORLD: The Practical Art of Creativity Ref: RSP050

Julia Cameron

In this long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron presents the next step in her course of discovering and recovering the creative self. Walking in This World picks up where Julia Cameron's bestselling book on the creative process, The Artist's Way, left off to present readers with a second course-Part Two in an amazing journey toward discovering our human potential. Full of valuable new strategies and techniques for breaking through difficult creative ground, this is the "intermediate level" of the Artist's Way program. A profoundly inspired work by the leading authority on the subject of creativity, Walking in This World is an invaluable tool for artists.

5 Cassettes

Published price £23.99
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