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Making Pearls: Living the Creative Life

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This is not a painting how-to book. Making Pearls is Vermont artist Jeanne Carbonetti's attempt to verbalize her creative exercises she uses and teaches for her free style of watercolor.

If you are a fan of Carbonetti's paintings, there are many photos of her work in this book to drool and marvel over. There is one useful exercise--making a "creation cycle" using the seven colors based on the India Chakras. Her theory is that we are always within the cycle of creation and need to recognize where we are in the cycle to be in rhythm with the flow. If you can't take one of her workshops, using this book can lead you through the exercise.

Why "Making Pearls" as a title? This is a metaphor for taking irritations of daily life and making something beautiful from them, just as the oyster takes a grain of sand and creates a pearl.

This is not a how to book, but rather an exploration of the creative process. Well written, insightful and inspiring!

I learned of this book in a class where another student had a copy. I was really interested in the way the author used the various quotes to address various topics. If you are having trouble justifying the time you spend on your art work or if you are suffering a block, this book may be the inspiration you need to get over the bump. The book is beautifully written and the illustrations are also beautiful. All in all, very inspiring.

This book is brings inspiration....some I have just leafed right through, but there are some golden nuggets to savor.