In Finding Divine Inspiration: Working with the Holy Spirit in Your Creativity you'll learn listen for God's voice and inspiration in your creative process. And you'll discover the joy of working with the Holy Spirit on the projects He has designed especially for you! God wants to bring a transforming wave of divinely inspired creativity to the culture and the church through His transformed artists. Finding Divine Inspiration is full of practical steps and exciting biblical, historic and current examples, to help you learn to partner with The Great Creator in your life and work! Includ.
This excellent series, A Journey of Riches, is an empowering collection of tales about the human condition and its struggles; and discovering the courage, strength, heart to persevere. John's newest offering, Finding Inspiration, is the 11th book in this highly acclaimed series. A Journey of Riches: Finding Inspiration This newest book contains eleven stories about real people that will ignite your soul. Read about Tiger Woods and his secret to success, hear the story of the broke mechanic who turned his life around and became a millionaire. Read the inspiring account of one individual who survived prison and went on to become a top educator. There is the tale of one who won a fierce battle with Lyme Disease. There is even a story about being fired from that dream job and turning disaster into a successful pursuit of new passions. Regardless of whatever you're currently facing in your life, there's a plethora of tools and tactics you can use to overcome any situation and make your life richer. Among the powerful insights contained in this life-changing book are: -Transformation starts with the mind: A list of mental tools and tactics you can use to supercharge your results. -Wisdom from Bali on how to change your emotional response to disease -Using adversity as a tool for transformative growth -Mind power: Turn your worst day into your best day. -From Bi-polar to a successful 10 year career in door to door selling...and more! A deeply personal book with themes ranging from loss, pain, trauma, defeat to victory, success and enlightenment, you will find something in these pages that will inspire you to greater heights. High praise for A Journey of Riches series: "A Journey of Riches Series is a must read. It is an empowering collection of inspirational and moving stories full of courage, strength and heart. Bringing peace & awareness to those lucky enough to read to assist and inspire them on their own life journey." Gemma Castiglia, Avalon Healing, Best Selling Author. "If you're looking for an inspiring read to get you through any change, this is it!! This book is filled with many gripping perspectives, from a collection of successful international authors with a tonne of wisdom to share." Theera Phetmalaigul, Entrepreneur/Investor. "A must read for anyone facing major changes or challenges in life right now. This book will give you the courage to move through any challenge with confidence, grace and ease." Jo-Anne Irwin, Transformational Coach & Bestselling Author. "Finding Inspiration, the newest release in the Journey of Riches series, is the reflection of beautiful souls who have discovered the fire within. Each story takes you inside the truth of what truly matters in life. While reading these stories my heart space expanded to understand that our greatest contribution in this lifetime is to give and receive love. May you also feel inspired as you read this book." Katie Neubaum, Author of Transformation Calling. "A Journey of Riches series will draw you in and help you dig deep into your soul. Every author has an unbelievable life story of purpose inside of them. John Spender is dedicated to bringing peace, love and adventure to the world of his readers! Dive into this series and you will be transformed!!" Jeana Matichak, Author of Finding Peace. Contributing Authors in this volume: John Spender, Dave MacArthur, Mitch Behan, Mona Motwani, Melanie Lewis Reagan, Sue Yanahan, Vaibhav Gupta, Anita Tenzera, Wendy Jarvis, Muriel Juillard, Sam Ades. A Journey of Riches: Finding Inspiration If you're curious about what it takes to connect with your inspiration, then you need to get your hands on this book now!
The renowned Ohio quilt artist draws on places and objects in her daily life to craft beautiful modern quilts, encouraging your own creative journey. For Heather Jones, inspiration can be anywhere. For her debut book, Quilt Local, she designed a collection of twenty quilts, each inspired by objects and places close to home—country roads, cityscapes, street signs—the landscape of her existence. Then, in a fascinating exercise in color theory and design play, she reworked each one in a second palette to show what a striking difference just a few basic changes can make. Pattern by pattern, Jones takes readers behind the scenes of her process, sharing photographs of her sources of inspiration, sketchbook pages, and the finished quilts. In addition, she offers an accessible lesson in color theory as it applies to quiltmaking. “Jones, founder of the Cincinnati Modern Quilt Guild, translates architecture into quilt patterns that have ‘a strong visual component’ . . . The simplicity of her designs is well suited for beginners, while the modern aesthetic will attract more experienced quilters.” —Publishers Weekly “The author takes quilters inside her studio for a firsthand look at her process for designing and piecing . . . Modern quilters who enjoy a minimalist style are likely familiar with Jones’s work and will appreciate the insights into her process. The presentation is reminiscent of Denyse Schmidt’s Modern Quilts, Traditional Inspiration.” —Library Journal
In an age of obsessive productivity and stress, this illustrated ode to idleness invites you to explore the pleasures and possibilities of slowing down. Beloved author and illustrator Roman Muradov weaves together the words and stories of artists, writers, philosophers, and eccentrics who have pursued inspiration by doing less. He reveals that doing nothing is both easily achievable and essential to leading an enjoyable and creative life. Cultivating idleness can be as simple as taking a long walk without a destination or embracing chance in the creative process. Peppered with playful illustrations, this handsome volume is a refreshing and thought-provoking read. “Whimsical, clever, and companionable . . . On Doing Nothing provides a much-needed correction to our distracted, anxiety-ridden, and increasingly disembodied culture. Muradov has written and illustrated a kind of Situationist, Oulipian Ways of Seeing—a manual for clarity and presence, a book which issues a call to attention; a call to pay attention. The smart yet approachable philosophical reflections unfold like a leisurely stroll through a beautiful and unfamiliar city, provoking thoughtfulness and eliciting in the reader a spirit of discovery.” —Peter Mendelsund, author of What We See When We Read
The star of the television show "Glee" shares the lessons she's learned through the rejections and successes of working in the performing arts and encourages readers to be true to themselves and find their inner self-confidence.
"Radical Spirits" is a deeply researched biography of Anandi Joshee, India's first woman doctor. She graduated from the women's medical college in Philadelphia in 1886. Crossing religious and racial divides, several Americans welcomed her and made it their mission to help her succeed. An inspiring and thought-provoking read.
All Groan Up: Searching for Self, Faith, and A Freaking Job! is the story of the GenY/Millennial generation told through the individual story of author Paul Angone. It’s a story of struggle, hope, failure, and doubts in the twilight zone of growing up and being grown, connecting with his twentysomething post-college audience with raw honesty, humor, and hope.
Heather Morris's extraordinary talents as a listener led Lale Sokolov to entrust her with his story - which she told as the bestselling novel THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ and its follow-up, CILKA'S JOURNEY. Now she shares her inspiring voyage through writing, exploring how she learned to really listen to the stories people told her, some of which she has shared with millions of readers in her fiction. An inspiring manual for life, STORIES OF HOPE examines and explores Heather's extraordinary writing journey in the form of a series of tales of the remarkable people she has met, the incredible stories they have shared with her, and the lessons they hold for us all.
As a photographer it’s possible to train your mind to see inspiration in any situation, and this book will show you how. By introducing you into her creative process, Brooke Shaden—one of the most recognized names in modern art photography—reveals techniques and exercises that you can undertake in order to be inspired by your environment, everyday, everywhere. In addition to the exercises, you’ll learn how to compose, plan and shoot colorful, atmospheric, fairy-tale artistic photography, so you can adapt Shaden’s techniques and apply them to your own photographic style. Indeed, all artistic photographers seek to achieve their own style, but it’s not always easy to see how to get there. This book provides the perfect balance of insight and instruction to help you find inspiration whenever you need it, and capitalize on it every time.
James Bond is possibly the most well known fictional character in history. What most people don’t know is that almost all of the characters, plots and gadgets come from the real life experiences of Bond’s creator - Commander Ian Fleming. In this book, we go through the plots of Fleming’s novels explaining the real life experiences that inspired them. The reader is taken on a journey through Fleming’s direct involvement in World War II intelligence and how this translated through his typewriter into James Bond’s world, as well as the many other factors of Fleming’s life which were also taken as inspiration. Most notably, the friends who Fleming kept, among whom were Noel Coward and Randolph Churchill and the influential people he would mingle with, British Prime Ministers and American Presidents. Bond is known for his exotic travel, most notably to the island of Jamaica, where Fleming spent much of his life. The desk in his Caribbean house, Goldeneye, was also where his life experiences would be put onto paper in the guise of James Bond. As the island was highly influential for Fleming, it features heavily in this book, offering an element of escapism to the reader, with tales of a clear blue sea, Caribbean climate and island socialising. Ian Fleming might have died prematurely aged 53, but so much of him lives on to this day through the most famous spy in the world, James Bond.
