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Moonlight Chronicles

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Throw out all your self help books and your t.v. guide. In fact, go ahead and throw out your t.v. too and follow your bliss. If you've forgotten how, get Dan's book and let him show you the simple way to peace and happiness. This book is an inspiration.You won't be able to read more than a page or two before you dust off your old sketch book or journal, sharpen your pencil and begin to enjoy your life, in all its extraordinary ordinary wonder! If you long to find meaning in a salt shaker, or an old red barn, or a sleeping child's dreamy smile, look no further than this incredible little volume. It's simply magic!

I purchased both of the Dan Price books currently available, this one and the one called "How to Make a Journal of Your Life." I enjoyed both books very much and recommend them. They convey a childlike wonder in both the narrative and the drawings (some of which are quite good). There is a definite appeal to busy, responsibility-laden adults, who fantasize about chucking it all and taking-off for an adventurous life on the road. After reading these books, many will at least question whether they might simplify their lives in some way.

The neo-hippie, let's-go-out-and-play lifestyle is not without its cost, however. According to his website, the author has now split-up with his wife, who played such a large part in his first two books. And if his grown children have learned their lesson of independence . . . well, Dan may have plenty of solitude to enjoy in the future.

I hope that he is satisfied with what he calls in his Chronicles Creed an "endless" search for truth and beauty. The search can be quite enjoyable in itself. But if he actually wants to find ultimate truth and beauty, he may be frustrated. Since his method relies upon subjective experiences of nature and life, truth and beauty can be no bigger than his perceptions of them. Vestiges of truth and beauty in the natural world are a pleasing but ultimately unsatisfying taste of what we intuitively know is much bigger, much greater. It's like trying to be satisfied with the footprint of one's lover, rather than the actual person.

You might think from this that I don't like the book after all, but you'd be wrong. I like it even though it's not perfect. In fact, I plan to buy Dan Price's new book "Radical Simplicity" when it is published.

Even if you don't journal and have no intention of doing so, buy this little book and Dan's other one (How To Make A Journal of Your Life). Carry them around with you and read them over and over, and sink into the words and drawings. Then pay attention to your own life, each moment, whether you choose to document any of it or not.

Dan Price's joy and enthusiasm are contagious! This small book is full of his simple and inspiring observations, and his lopsided drawings. Beautifully printed and bound.

If you're looking for detailed sketches or deep philosophical discussions, forget it. If you're looking for a book that is one man's thoughtful reflection on daily life, this is it. It's hard to imagine a recipient - from funky teen through grumpy uncle - who wouldn't enjoy this wonderful book.

The Moonlight Chronicles is an amazing discovery about what is really important in life.

Dan Price will put your life into focus. Things that bother you... lose importance. Great joy is really available and all we need to do is open our eyes. Dan's life is so obviously the real way to live... it will change your perspective on things. Dan is cross between a Zen Master sent to fix the planet... and a more modern Jack Kerouac.

This volume is primarily excerpts from Dan's larger collection of work available only in Zine format. I recommend this book highly... but I really recommend that you get the Zines too. There are more than 3000 pages in print.

Dan Price has his act together. He appreciates the things in life that have true value - and praises those things with his words, drawings and photographs. Read this book today, ... His books have a way of kicking our high-speed lives back down into first gear where we can appreciate the journey a little more.

I started reading moonlight chronicles about seven years ago. Dan's style of drawing and his attention to detail in life and art are addictive and inspiring. I am so glad to see his books available on the open market. Reading his work makes you feel alive and makes you want to get back to the basics of living again.

I liked the drawings of everyday things in this book, and some of the travelogues were vivid and entertaining. The trip through Hell's Canyon, in particular, was authentically hellish and laborious and beautiful.

For someone who has arranged life for maximum time to think, however, the author stays at a pretty shallow level of thought. He draws animals and birds he sees, but doesn't seem to know much about them. The idealization of Native Americans and "primitive man" is irritating. The stories about parenting teenagers were okay as far as they went, but felt incomplete. Why does a teenager have to be home by six at night? What are their own aspirations and social lives like? There's not much of an eye for the right detail, the telling detail.

I happen to love doing nothing, leading a simple life, and observing the little things, but this book isn't a great advertisement for it. It sometimes crosses the line between simplicity and simplistic.

A delightful little book. An interesting story with a totally unpretentious presentation, charming drawings and layout make this a favourite to pull out when there is a need for meditational reading.