Personal Illuminations: VOL II, Exploration (Personal Illuminations) [Paperback]

James C. Christensen (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

Explore the world of travel accompanied by the art and imagination of James C. Christensen. Whether you are preparing for a trip and need a travel journal or you want to give one as a gift to a traveling friend, you will love Exploration, volume two in the Personal Illuminations series.

Filled with charming illustrations, this journal teaches you some cardinal rules that will help you enjoy yourself more while visiting abroad, including:
* Travel light--leave the emotional baggage behind.
* Be curious; listen more; talk less.
* Visit the fish market; notice the gargoyles; talk with the street sweepers.
* Sit still in a public place and take it all in.

Exploration helps you notice and appreciate differences between cultures--including food, customs, sacred places, local legends, and dress. This travel journal will help you record your experiences, and give you ideas for new experiences, that will make your trip more meaningful and preserve your memories in a delightful way for when you've come home again.

Major works of James C. Christensen are available as limited edition fine art prints and three-dimensional collectibles published by The Greenwich Workshop, Inc. www.greenwichworkshop.com

Editorial Reviews

From the Author

Take this book along with you and fill it up with your unique observations about your trip and about how what you observe might be changing you. You can paste in your train schedule, but remember to note in the margin how many women you counted wearing saris, or how many men played cards in each car, or how many children stared at the color of your skin. You don't have to leave the country to use this book, or even leave your state. All you need to do is start to notice how different people do the same things differently.

About the Author

James C. Christensen was born in 1942 and raised in Culver City, California. He studied painting at Brigham Young Uni-versity and at the University of California at Los Angeles before finishing his formal education at BYU.

He recently retired from BYU after twenty-one years as professor of art. The artist has been commissioned by both Time/Life Books and Omni to create illustrations for their publications, and his work has appeared in the prestigious American Illustration Annual and Japan's Outstanding American Illustrators. Christensen has also won all the professional art honors the World Science Fiction Convention can bestow, as well as multiple Chesley Awards from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists.

Christensen's fine art appears in limited edition prints and porcelain from The Greenwich Workshop. His books include Parables, with Robert Millet; A Journey of the Imagination: The Art of James Christensen; and Voyage of the Basset.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Deseret Book Company (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1573458562
• ISBN-13: 978-1573458566
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #851,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)