Greeting Card Wisdom [Hardcover]

Marc Lesser (Author), Renee Locks (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 10, 2000

Greeting Card Wisdom is a collection of the best-selling cards from the Brush Dance collection, featuring the painting and calligraphy of Renee Locks. This book was inspired by the millions of people who buy Brush Dance cards, and never send them. These cards are used as reminders, as affirmations and for inspiration. In the midst of our busy lives, here is a collection of powerful words and images to help us slow down and appreciate what is all around us.

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Greeting Card Wisdom is a collection of our best-selling greeting cards featuring the painting and calligraphy of Renee Locks. This book was inspired by the many people who buy Brush Dance greeting cards -- and never send them! These cards are often displayed on walls, on desks, or throughout people's homes as gentle reminders or affirmations, a way to see the world a little differently. In the midst of our busy lives, here is a collection of powerful words and images to help us slow down and to appreciate what is all around us.

On the back of every Brush Dance card are the words, The Brush Dance is a Yurok Indian healing ritual where being true to yourself means giving your best to helping a person in need. Being true to yourself is the one and only Yurok Indian law.

About the Author

Renee Locks is a multimedia artist, calligrapher and poet. Renee's calligraphy celebrates the joy of heartfelt, gentle and strong words. Renee is the mother of five children and grandmother of nine.

Marc Lesser is the founder and President of Brush Dance. Marc was a resident of the San Francisco Zen Center for ten years and Director of Tassajara, Zen Mountain Center. He received his MBA degree from New York University.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 120 pages
• Publisher: Brush Dance (August 10, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891731556
• ISBN-13: 978-1891731556
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,105,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Zen and the Art of Greeting Cards, August 21, 2000

By 

Bruce Feldman (Pacifica, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Greeting Card Wisdom (Hardcover)

This is a simple book. In the best meaning of simple.

Beautiful calligraphy and artwork. Thoughtful, poignant, sometimes humourous reflections on being.

My personal favorite: "Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it".

Don't you agree?

The book groups images and ideas (the greeting cards) into nine themes:

Let Yourself Be Vulnerable;

Trust Yourself;

Cultivate an Open, Flexible Mind;

Life is Short;

Embrace Difficulty;

Go Beyound Perceived Limitations;

Follow Your Heart;

Value Friendship and Intimacy;

Let Joy In.

These themes provide the structure to which the disparate images and ideas expressed in the individual greeting cards adhere.

Each of these thematic chapters (grouping of cards) is introduced with the author's, (Marc Lesser) own unique and personal reflections on the theme. Thus, in Let Joy In, Marc, in reflecting on the theme of joy in life, recounts his daughter's response to his request one day, "tell me about your day, something funny or unusual that happened, something that made you laugh." Her response: "She thought for a few minutes, and then she turned to me and said, Daddy, I laugh all day long!" The greeting cards that follow amplify on the theme, reflect it from different angles.

If you are a 'busy' person like me, you will probably read this book quickly, delight in some of the thoughts, smirk at others. But don't be surprised if you find yourself coming back to one image/idea several days or weeks later. What did that card say about doors closing. Oh yeah, "when one door closes, another opens, somewhere."

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring and Beautiful, August 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Greeting Card Wisdom (Hardcover)

I am moved by the words and images in this collection of Brush Dance cards. What a great idea to turn them into a book!

I love being able to open this book to any page and be inspired with such wonderful quotes to think about as I go throughout my day.

One of my favorite quotes is "We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust our sails."

I highly recommend this book. For the upcoming holidays this is the book I'm going to send to my friends and family.