Dewey Decimal248.4
SynopsisAmerica's most collected living artist reveals how the creative process can provide a path to greater awareness., - The author is the most widely collected artist in America, with reproductions of his paintings hanging in over 10 million homes, over 270 signature galleries nationwide, and 4,000 accounts that sell his artwork and merchandise. - Thomas Kinkade is the author of many successful books, including The Thomas Kinkade Story (Bulfinch Press, 2003); Thomas Kinkade: Masterworks of Light (Bulfinch Press, 2000), with over 115,000 copies in print; and the USA Today bestseller Lightposts for Living (Warner Books, 0-446-52522-7, 1999), which sold over 163,000 copies. - A regular guest host on QVC, Kinkade inspires sales of $1-$2 million in a single two-hour time slot. - The author's company, Media Arts Group, has recently launched an ambitious initiative to expand its arts-based brand into a lifestyle brand, reminiscent of Martha Stewart., Do you want to see the ordinary in an extraordinary way? Do you want to change old attitudes and habits? Do you want to bring new meaning to your work, your relationships, and your goals? If so, then join renowned "Painter of Light" Thomas Kinkade as he shows you how to unlock your God-given creativity and embrace the joy that comes when you see the world through new eyes. A new, fulfilling life is available to everybody, Kinkade says. But it's up to you to take hold of it. In his latest book, with God's seven days of creation as his model, Kinkade challenges you to redefine your purpose and understand the creative base in everything you choose to think and do. Journey with him as he explores the important aspects of: Solitude-Learn to listen to your inner sensitivities and reap new ideas and inspiration, Passion-Feed and explore the inner fire that nurtures your creative thoughts and helps bring them into the world, Love-Dare to embrace the single-most essential ingredient in your quest for creativity-as it defines who and what you are, Community-Understand how your new ideas or outlook can-and should-impact the world beyond your own neighborhood, Work-Discover how it can be a pleasure, a living process that embraces the creative rhythm of conception, birth, and growth, Conflict-Use it for what it really is: the opportunity to push the creative envelope and expand your personal possibilities, Worship-Find out why diverting your eyes from your creative goals for a period of time actually helps you achieve those goals. Your aim should be to constantly redefine yourself creatively. Here, with this framework and many stories from his own life and those of others, Thomas Kinkade offers you a way to explore what just may be a new calling. A lifetime of creativity-are you ready for it? Book jacket., America's most collected living artist reveals how the creative process can provide a path to greater spiritual awareness.