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The Art of the Moment: Simple Ways to Get the Most from Life

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A book about the Moment could be a cliche. Vienne has managed to create a perspective on time that shows the way to a kind of temporal flexibility. It is true the moment is all we have. When you are in it, you don't always have the opportunity to see how many possibilities there are. Ms. Vienne is a master at presenting us with a muliplicity of alternatives. A lovely, intelligent book.

I love Veronique's writing in this small, beautiful book. (The photos are beautiful too).

The words, spiritual in nature, are so simple and inspiring. You can't think through what's written here with your thinking mind; you have to read this book with a certain presence to really get something from it. Read this without any awareness and you'll end up feeling disappointed and maybe even angry, as if you wasted your time.

Wisdom like this - so simple, yet eternal - is supposed to leave you grasping a bit, leaving questions as well as illumination that come with quiet self-reflection.

I don't get these books by Veronique Vienne. The photos are nice, but the text is often downright weird. Her earlier books were better, and now they're starting to wear thin. I'd suggest you pass on this one and if you really must buy something of hers, make it her "Art of Imperfection" or "Art of Doing Nothing," which are still a little strange but more tolerable.