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katrinadalythompson's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
robyn_m's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Accessible and playful. Includes thirteen memoir chapters, twenty-two assignments for the reader, and a gallery of the author's paintings.
page 66: painting as sustenance and enrichment to the writing life:
"When I left painting, I didn't realize that I gave up a deep source of my writing, that place in me where I can let my work flow. When I cut out painting, I cut off that underground stream of mayhem, joy, nonsense, absurdity. [...] because I never took painting seriously."
page 75: snowball effect, urgency of color:
"I wanted the red, although I knew it distracted me from the simple perfection of gray and blue, but when I painted the red, then I wanted to add a dash of orange, and then, oh lord, how could I forget lime green. Pretty soon I missed pink, and then I'd feel an urgency to brush a patina of turquoise in the background."
page 77: white as emptiness
page 66: painting as sustenance and enrichment to the writing life:
"When I left painting, I didn't realize that I gave up a deep source of my writing, that place in me where I can let my work flow. When I cut out painting, I cut off that underground stream of mayhem, joy, nonsense, absurdity. [...] because I never took painting seriously."
page 75: snowball effect, urgency of color:
"I wanted the red, although I knew it distracted me from the simple perfection of gray and blue, but when I painted the red, then I wanted to add a dash of orange, and then, oh lord, how could I forget lime green. Pretty soon I missed pink, and then I'd feel an urgency to brush a patina of turquoise in the background."
page 77: white as emptiness
kellyd's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
I'm not a painter, and I still loved this book. Slowly making my way through Natalie Goldberg's work and falling more in love with her with each one.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review against another edition
4.0
Goldberg was my first introduction into the simplicity of writing every day. Now she is my first intro into painting every day.
She takes away our fear and fills us with courage and inspiration.
Let’s go. Let’s go paint.
She takes away our fear and fills us with courage and inspiration.
Let’s go. Let’s go paint.
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