Open Your Mind....

Life has been, well, life for me lately.  I know for some of you that doesn't make a lick of sense and for others you know all too well what it means.  For me it's a step.  A step of what you ask.  Well, a step of acceptance or a step closer to the deep end or a step in this circle I feel I've been going in for a while.  All I know is it's a step and as long as a step happens I know I'm still moving.

Now that you've probably heard everything you ever wanted to about this "step thing" let me share a few "good things"....

Are you a reader and are you a fur baby lover?  Well this book's for you!  Charlotte Dumas has put together a book called "Retrieved" about the search and rescue dogs that were called to duty after the September 11th attacks.  Here is the description from Amazon:

Immediately following the attacks of 9/11, nearly 100 trained search dogs and their handlers--enlisted from 18 U.S. states--were deployed by FEMA to join the rescue efforts at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Alongside firemen and other teams sorting through the debris, the dogs worked tirelessly around the clock to locate survivors in the rubble--images of which intrigued Dutch photographer Charlotte Dumas as the events unfolded in the media. One decade later, discovering that only 15 of these dogs were still alive, Dumas succeeded in tracking each of them down, visiting and photographing the dogs at their homes throughout the U.S., where they all still live with their handlers. Composed at close range in natural light, Dumas' portraits--reproduced here in a thoughtfully designed paperback volume with Japanese binding--offer an intimate view into the everyday lives of these animals, now sharing the vulnerability of old age as they once pursued a common heroic goal.

 

To purchase the book just click on the above book cover to be carried magically away to Amazon.

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Want to learn something new for your artistic toolbox?  Okay, granted this is one of my online classes so I may be a bit partial here....you won't go wrong signing up for my Fluid Chalks:  Backgrounds and Beyond online class.  Now this class is ongoing which means no end date so no stressing and you get to learn all about these amazing fluid chalks (I've had a 98% success rate in converting people over to using these in their art creations...well, it's been high anyway) and you only have to spend $20 to do it!  Now I think that is pretty darn amazing!  If you would like to sign up just hit the below PayPal button and then you will receive an invitation into the classroom within 12 hours. 

 

Packages for the giveaway are ready to be mailed out tomorrow so if you were one of the winners be sure to be on the lookout for your prize. 

 

Comments

[Colleen Peck]

Wonderful book! Glad you are putting one step in front of the other, it is hard at times! I have to add if there are peeps out there that have never taken a class from Lesley YOU NEED TO! Whether online or in person, they are both wonderful ways to learn from a talented teacher!!!