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SuperForest Book Club: Guru Singh, “Angels Gather Here”

jesse published on December 2, 2010 in art, build, celebrity, superforest journal, technology, transportation and zeitgeist. 3 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Aloha Everyone from Chicago… Here’s a quick recommendation of a book that has been very inspiring to me lately…

Guru Singh is a wonderful yoga teacher and musician and leader from Los Angeles who has already published a book entitled 108 Ways to Great Days and now he’s done it again with the fantastic and wonderful and timely Angels Gather Here.  A book that describes to us and urges us, regardless of our faith (or lack thereof) to practice “Nine Angelic Aspects of Human Life on Planet Earth.”

Those book title links are to Amazon if you feel like bringing some good old fashioned journaling/workshop books into your world that are full of words that will lift your spirit and steady your grip and strengthen your courage and yada yada yada…

Here’s a quote/some good advice from the book:

“Take the time to sit for a few minutes at the beginning of each day and bring yourself to stillness inside and out.  Be motionless and silent and allow the messages for your day to unfold… At first it will seem like just more noise from the days before, but after doing this for several weeks, on a daily basis, you will begin to experience a sense of levity and authenticity in the messaging.

Join in the Joy… become a partner of the Heaven on Earth team.”

Image Via http://blog.gurusingh.com

A Book A Week: When We Were Romans

chris published on July 18, 2010 in art. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , .

Published in 2008, When We Were Romans is a charming and simultaneously haunting novel told from the perspective of Lawrence, a nine year old. Lawrence’s mom decides to abruptly leave their home in London in order to flee from the father of Lawrence and his even younger sister, Jemima, who she is convinced is out to harm them. I found myself thoroughly absorbed in Lawrence’s narrative — the novel is as much an exploration of childhood as it is an exploration of life itself. Both my eighteen and nine year old self could relate easily with Lawrence’s tribulations and experiences, or lack thereof.

Of course, the narrator’s perspective is narrow, and Kneale makes full use of Lawrence’s naïvety to explore the nature of the confusions and fears of childhood.

Make sure to check this one out. Literally. From the library. Catch my drift?

A Book A Week: What Week Is It Again?

chris published on July 3, 2010 in art. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Let me explain something that doesn’t necessarily warrant explanation: I am lazy. I have a propensity for being incredibly lazy, which can sometimes get in the way of things that are actually good for me. It’s an issue, really, but I’ve been working on it! That said, I’ve faltered considerably when it came to my “resolution” to read a book a week. There, I said it! I’m not saying I haven’t read at all, but my time has been spent doing things like biking to the beach, going to the Los Angeles Film Festival, and… well… being grossly lazy. Alas, life goes on. I will too.

Understanding Comics – Scott McCloud

I’ve never been a huge reader of comics. Yes, I’m a devotee and endorser of Comic Con, but I’ve always gone for the experience and not necessarily as a fan and lover of comics. I’ve always heard good things about this book, though, and thought it might help me better, well, understand something I never thought of as a form of art. McCloud does an excellent job of dispelling that very same preconception, and in the end makes a statement about the nature of art itself. Understanding comics has always proved difficult for me. Understanding Comics, the comic book that is about comic books, helped me appreciate something that I now see as a form of art.

May Day Flip Book

jesse published on May 11, 2010 in art and superforest journal. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , .

SuperForest Fresh Reads: “The Book of Awesome”

carla published on April 8, 2010 in art and zeitgeist. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Hello, SuperForest!

A few weeks ago, I was sitting in my car, reading a book, as I was waiting for a friend to get out of class. Tears were gently streaming down my face as I was turning through the final pages for at that moment, I felt nothing but upmost gratitude and joy. The book, fittingly titled The Book of Awesome, was mailed to me by Neil Pasricha (and his publisher) and being that I am a big fan of his blog (which was introduced to us, here), I was very excited to read it and had nothing but high expectations.

The title of both the book and the blog are quite literal. In both, Pasricha presents his readers with “Awesome Things”. For the most part, these things are every day occurences, but with his positive flavor, Neil is able to describe them in a way that makes you laugh, cry, and nod your head to those blissful moments that are worthy of acknowledgement and celebration.

I took the book with me wherever I went, reading it’s witty and comical words at any moment I had a break and it didn’t take long for me to understand that this was more than just a “funny” or “happy” book. The Book of Awesome is very much a “guide” that teaches you a very important and very very valuable skill: How to observe your everyday surroundings in the light of gratitude and positivity. Many times while reading it, I’d see something that reminded me of an awesome thing mentioned in the book  and it didn’t take long for the frequency of these observations to grow and intensify. Before long, it seemed as if everything I’d see through this shiny new “positive lens” was in need of acknowledgement or celebration.

  • The excitment that occurs when you hear your favorite song on the radio (despite having it in the CD player): AWESOME!
  • Thinking about someone, and then as if by magical powers outside the realm of “natural”, receiving a message from them at that instant: AWESOME!
  • Coming home after a long and difficult day and reading brilliant writing on the world’s greatest positivity blog: DOUBLE AWESOME!

Truly, Pasricha has a gift of genuine enthusiasm and joy. He does an excellent job of sharing that through his words and after all the practice of “positive lens” vision and after recognizing tons and tons of awesome things, I’d say the gift he gives us in the form of a delightful pageturner of a book can truly only be described with that one beautiful word…AWESOME!

If you haven’t already done so, please check out his 1000 Awesome Things blog. His book, The Book of Awesome, goes out on sale in one week (April 15th). Stay tuned, SuperForesters, because in celebration of the release, we’ve got a fabulous interview to share with you in which we ask Neil questions that delve into the deepest parts of his soul.

I’m just kidding.

…Or am I?

Love to Mr. Neil Pasricha for his inspirational work, and his kind and generous ways.

And love to you, too!

-Carla

Joel Satore: “RARE”

carla published on March 18, 2010 in art. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

For several years, National Geographic photographer, Joel Satore took pictures of endangered animals as a personal project. Recently, he came out with a book titled “RARE” containing some of the work he’s collected and if it is anything like it’s promo vid, I’m sure it’s fabulous.

Watching that reminded me of how I feel after watching rounds of Planet Earth or flipping through some of Andrew Zuckerman‘s books…breathless. The amount of beauty in their artwork and the bewilderment that comes as a result is beyond words. Truly.

Here’s a fun video to show us a little bit about how things went down behind the camera when they were making this book.

And here’s where you can find more info about the book itself.

Love!

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