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The introduction of this book reads, "Beauty, like every other

quality — courage, fear, ugliness, trust, truth, wisdom — is a part

of us and apart from us, inside us and outside us, personal and

impersonal. Beauty invites us to build bridges and make connections

between the senses and the soul, between contemplation and

expression, between ourselves and the world." In this wide-ranging

and deeply felt book, artist and writer J. Ruth Gendler invites us

to reclaim and celebrate the often misunderstood quality of beauty

as one of the most profound and essential forces in our lives.

Drawing upon observations from art and mythology, science and

nature, contemporary culture and personal experience, the author

looks at her subject in its most generous implications — not simply

as a reflection of surface and image, but as a pathway to

wholeness, integrity, coherence, and ultimately, to love. Written

with curiosity, courage, a discerning eye and a lyrical

sensibility, and illustrated with evocative line drawings by the

author, Notes on the Need for Beauty displays the strong personal

voice that has made her previous book, The Book of Qualities so

beloved. It is a work to savor and to share.

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J. Ruth Gendler is an artist, writer, and teacher. She is the

author of The Book of Qualities and the editor of

Changing Light: The Eternal Cycle of Night and Day. The

Book of Qualities, now in its thirty-fifth printing, has been

adapted as a two-act theater piece and translated into German,

Japanese, and Chinese, as well as being widely excerpted in

literary, psychological and educational publications. In addition

to personal essays and poems, Gendler writes about the arts,

education, health, and books. Her artwork has been exhibited

nationally.

Gendler has taught writing and art in a variety of settings for

twenty years. She has been an artist in residence with both

California Poets in the Schools and Young Audiences of the Bay Area

and leads writing and creativity workshops nationally. She received

her B.A. in English and Communications from Stanford University,

and she now resides in Berkeley, California.

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"

Notes on the Need for Beauty

is delicious, a feast for

the soul. Ruth Gendler's eye and heart are true and the vividness,

constancy, and meticulousness of her meditation calls us to the

banquet of beauty like music heard across a meadow. This is an

utterly nurturing book, savory with loveliness from the exquisite

cover art to the last morsel of wisdom." --

Tim Farrington,

author of

The Monk Downstairs

and

Lizzie's

War

"Beauty is as beauty does and Ruth Gendler outdoes herself with

this completely charming illustrated compilation of information and

inspiration.

Notes on the Need for Beauty

is warm, winsome

and very, very wise." --

Donna Henes, author of

The Queen of

My Self

"Gendler doesn't just teach people how to reach into their

creativity--she exudes it." --

Catherine Girardeau, independent

radio producer

"In this time when we are losing our own senses by one percent per

year, rediscovering the sense for beauty is an urgent priority that

requires conscious employment. In

Notes on the Need for

Beauty

, Ruth Gendler presents us with faceted seeds that can be

planted in our own souls for rumination. She urges us to look at

everything as aesthetic events, to not just look, but to look as if

with our arms open. This book is a lighthouse of a gift for

individual reimaginations for beauty wherever we uncover it." --

Paulus Berensohn, author of

Finding Your Way With

Clay

"Like a rose disciple, Ruth Gendler takes note of what's beautiful

and assembles this wholly original text, full of children talking,

mystical insight, the history of cosmetics, sublime etymologies,

and big mirrors that someone attached to the sides of the NYC

sanitation trucks. Look out. Here comes the aquarium." --

Coleman Barks, author of

A Year with Rumi

"Subtle and complex, these more-than-clever gems become addictive

once you begin reading." --

Patricia Holt,

San Francisco

Chronicle

"The Qualities are wise and express truth in a personal way." --

Jean Bolen, author of

Goddesses in Every Woman

"The very act of reading

Notes on the Need for Beauty

will

change the way you see things. It will awaken you to notice beauty,

to make beauty, to remember beauty. And this is a cause for

celebration." --

Christiane Northrup, MD, author of

Women's

Bodies, Women's Wisdom

"Through Gendler's work, you see beauty in an entirely new way." --

Valerie Geller,

Creating Powerful Radio

, international

radio consultant

"Who does not have a thirst for more beauty in their life? Who has

provided themselves with the necessary time to savor the beauty

that already surrounds them. Ruth Gendler's book,

Notes on the

Need for Beauty

, is studded with wise counsel and crafted prose

coaxing us gently, to turn from our current ways to better witness

and so be nourished by the infinite beauties of the world--just as

it is." --

Peter London, author of

No More Second Hand

Art

书籍介绍

The introduction of this book reads, "Beauty, like every other quality — courage, fear, ugliness, trust, truth, wisdom — is a part of us and apart from us, inside us and outside us, personal and impersonal. Beauty invites us to build bridges and make connections between the senses and the soul, between contemplation and expression, between ourselves and the world." In this wide-ranging and deeply felt book, artist and writer J. Ruth Gendler invites us to reclaim and celebrate the often misunderstood quality of beauty as one of the most profound and essential forces in our lives. Drawing upon observations from art and mythology, science and nature, contemporary culture and personal experience, the author looks at her subject in its most generous implications — not simply as a reflection of surface and image, but as a pathway to wholeness, integrity, coherence, and ultimately, to love. Written with curiosity, courage, a discerning eye and a lyrical sensibility, and illustrated with evocative line drawings by the author, Notes on the Need for Beauty displays the strong personal voice that has made her previous book, The Book of Qualities so beloved. It is a work to savor and to share.