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With a strong creative streak and a passion for learning and writing, Naomi Beth Wakan has dabbled in many different art forms during her eighty-eight years. Her activities have led her to see art as the awareness of sensory action and reaction in the everyday. In other words, opportunities for making art are everywhere, and the possibilities for expressing oneself as an artist are endless. One's very life is an art, if lived with awareness. In this collection of short essays, Wakan writes about her experiences as someone who both appreciates and practices art, covering topics such as ikebana, photography, reading, film noir, domesticity, recycling, personal essay writing, solitude, and more. This book will entertain, but also awaken the reader to the possibilities of living a rich and rewarding life by infusing one's life with awareness and creativity.

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"This delightful collection of essays, poems, and musings on art in its many forms will make you ponder and smile and wrinkle your brow, and above all, it will have you marveling at how much wit, wisdom, and sheer audacity can reside in one solitary and seemingly unstoppable mind. --Chris Straw, photographer and mixed media artist Naomi defines art as ""life lived awarely,"" and that is her expertise. Lively, juicy, couldn't-put-it-down good. No one else could have written this book! --Ursula Vaira, editor of WordWorks Naomi's enjoyment of creativity in its multitudinous forms is magnetic, and one is left with endless ideas to hammer out at dinner parties or in the local pub. . . . One will never be able to see things in quite the same light again. --Ruth Artmonsky, design historian and author of Do You Want It Good or Do You Want It Tuesday? In On the Arts, Naomi Beth Wakan concludes that ""one needs a reason to survive and mine is curiosity."" With a free-wheeling intelligence, Wakan explores the nooks and crannies of her curiosity about art. . . . a terrific read for the curious mind that will steer you far beyond its pages. --Margy Gilmour, member of Gabriola Arts Council"

This delightful collection of essays, poems, and musings on art in its many forms will make you ponder and smile and wrinkle your brow, and above all, it will have you marveling at how much wit, wisdom, and sheer audacity can reside in one solitary and seemingly unstoppable mind. --Chris Straw, photographer and mixed media artist Naomi defines art as life lived awarely, and that is her expertise. Lively, juicy, couldn't-put-it-down good. No one else could have written this book! --Ursula Vaira, editor of WordWorks Naomi's enjoyment of creativity in its multitudinous forms is magnetic, and one is left with endless ideas to hammer out at dinner parties or in the local pub. . . . One will never be able to see things in quite the same light again. --Ruth Artmonsky, design historian and author of Do You Want It Good or Do You Want It Tuesday? In On the Arts, Naomi Beth Wakan concludes that one needs a reason to survive and mine is curiosity. With a free-wheeling intelligence, Wakan explores the nooks and crannies of her curiosity about art. . . . a terrific read for the curious mind that will steer you far beyond its pages. --Margy Gilmour, member of Gabriola Arts Council

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Naomi Beth Wakan, a poet and essayist, has published over fifty books. Her most recent books are the trilogy, The Way of Haiku, The Way of Tanka, and Poetry That Heals (Shanti Arts). Naomi is a member of The League of Canadian Poets, Haiku Canada, and Tanka Canada. She is the inaugural Poet Laureate of Nanaimo (2013-2016), and has been made the Federation of British Columbia Writers Inaugural Honorary Ambassador. She lives on Gabriola Island with her husband, the sculptor Elias Wakan. - www.naomiwakan.com

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