Heron Dance Book of Love and Gratitude Living with love and gratitude is at the center of the well-lived life. Artist Roderick MacIver and Writer/Editor Ann OShaughnessy celebrate the open heart and the beauty and mystery that surround us with this book of wild nature watercolors, poetry, book and interview excerpts. Included are 48 watercolors by Roderick MacIver and selections from... more » the written works of Helen Keller, Rachel Naomi Remen, Katherine Hepburn, Albert Einstein, Pablo Casals, Joseph Campbell, Dostoevsky, and Henry Miller, among many others.
Excerpt from the introduction by Editor Ann OShaughnessy:
I was 14 years old when I sat on the old velour couch in the dusty upstairs of our barn and wrote in my journal about love and nature. I wanted to be the next Anaïs Nin. What do I want? I wrote, I want to love and explore and experience everything I can. ...
... I know now that Love is a worthy purpose. If I could talk to my 18-year old self, this is what I would tell her: Live in love by availing yourself to beauty when it comes across your path; serve something greater than yourself; tell your truth to yourself over and over; surrender your old stories of fear and self-consciousness so that you can make the big space in your heart for Love to flow. Pour your heart into what you love. This is your purpose dont let anyone or anything dissuade you.
Editors Comments:
This book is my earnest and heartfelt gift to the world. The words and art contained in it express what I consider the best of humanitys intention to add beauty to the world and to honor this gift of life with love. When I become world-weary, I read it and am never disappointed. I am always re-freshed by Roderick watercolors and by the inspiring words of so many creative visionaries. Ann OShaughnessy« less