Flower Mandalas

Agent!

David J. Bookbinder — Tue, 19 May 2015 02:46:01 +0000

I'm happy to announce that Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas is now represented by Stephany Evans, president of Fine Print Literary Management in New York City. More anon, David Buy Flower Mandala prints: Buy prints Discussion: Facebook Flower Mandalas page Flower Mandalas blog on...

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The Transformative Power of Art (2)

David J. Bookbinder — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 17:36:23 +0000

In Paris, Doors to Other Cities Here's another example of the transformative power of art and its ability to connect us.

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The Transformative Power of Misfortune (5)

David J. Bookbinder — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 05:24:49 +0000

"Everything Happens for a Reason"
I often hear the phrase "Everything happens for a reason" when I talk with people about their lives. The usual context is that something unexpected, often something bad, has occurred...

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The Transformative Power of Misfortune (4)

David J. Bookbinder — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:30:55 +0000

Another post from a reader: A Journey of a Lifetime
Being stranded at the bus stop in Rosendale more than 5,000 miles from home and a random act of kindness has led to an unbelievable journey for a SUNY Ulster student from the Republic of...

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The Transformative Power of Art (1)

David J. Bookbinder — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 15:00:20 +0000

Haas & Hahn: How Painting Can Transform Communities
Here's an example, on a big scale, of the transformative power of art! In a TED talk, artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn demonstrate how they built community and transformed neighborhoods by through painting -- and by throwing neighborhood barbeques.

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David

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The Transformative Power of Misfortune (3)

David J. Bookbinder — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 14:16:20 +0000

A poem about her triumph over adversity from a reader:
I could write to you about a grown up run away child that really ... Loved to love-
Got beat up by a man that I loved
That was...

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The Transformative Power of Misfortune (2)

David J. Bookbinder — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:20:53 +0000

A few days ago I was talking with another friend about misfortune. She did what she called a "quick scan" of the misfortunes in her life and concluded that if they were transformative, the transformation must be slow. That's often the case, and...

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The Transformative Power of Misfortune (I)

David J. Bookbinder — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 02:33:47 +0000

Sometimes, like Ray Charles I find myself feeling that "if it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all." I think a lot of us feel that way. In a discussion with a friend earlier today, a woman I've known for 34 years, we realized that...

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Imagination and Reality

David J. Bookbinder — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 02:57:16 +0000

Imagination and Reality This showed up in my morning email, via Tricycle magazine, a wonderful center for all things Buddhist: "Imagination draws its energy from a confrontation with desire. It feeds off desire, transmuting and magnifying reality through desire's power. Fantasy does the opposite; it avoids desire by fleeing into a crude sort of wish-fulfillment that seems much safer. Fantasy might be teddy bears, lollipops, sexual delights, or superhero...

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Help me choose the 4-5 best essays!

David J. Bookbinder — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 15:43:51 +0000

Dear Readers,

I'm planning to enter an essay/memoir contest and need to choose 4-5 of the Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas essays from the 58 I've written so far. If any of you have particular essays you remember liking more than others, I'd love to hear about it, as I have no objectivity with them.

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