The Good Gets Better
It snows and snows so nothing to do but shovel and work! But another happy development. Thierry Bogliolo, director of Findhorn Press, stopped in to meet Dear A last week. He’s publishing Allan’s latest, Stories We Need To Know. The book traces characters in great literature as they progress towards self-awareness and self-mastery and shows us how we can see where we are on our own life journey. I’ll be giving a big shout-out when it comes out in January. I’m a little prejudiced, of course, but I can tell you it’s a fascinating and really useful book in the way it points us in the forward direction.
Well, we all had an excellent dinner at Casablanca in Harvard Square. They really never let you down in the food department. Findhorn publishes wonderful books on spirituality, healing and self-improvement so it was a pleasure to meet Thierry.
And also a pleasure when he wrote a couple of days ago to ask if I could design a book cover for him. It was snowing, as I said, so I sat right down to do it. There wasn’t time to do original art so I dove into my files and found one of the paintings that had been rejected from the art show last month. I was able to manipulate it and create the cover. It’s for a book on living and dying—seeing death as a transformation and is written by a hospice counsellor.
I love how it came out and good to note that nothing we do is wasted. One rejection is just another acceptance. I do believe that everything good we do leads to more good if we hang in there. The good gets better.
Now that it’s stopped snowing I went out with my son to the shops tonight and we both bought new digital cameras. The technology has improved so much and I want to photograph my work more and other things that I see. As luck would have it there was a most knowledgeable young salesman there who’d read all the reports about what is good etc.—something I could never do. So I have a small box on my desk with a camera no bigger than a pack of cigarettes but that will do me a whole lot more good than a smoke. I’m going to wrap it up and give it to myself for Christmas. Great things will come from this wee thing. The gift that keeps on giving, as they say. One of them anyway.
December 18th, 2007 at 2:33 pm
mdf, Oh what a beautiful letter. You’re design is fabulous…clear. AND you did the painting! What a subject. It’s interesting to see your work along side dear A’s. Serendipity if ever there was. Have a wonderful Christmas and a new year ahead…..with photos!
Kxx
December 18th, 2007 at 11:48 pm
mdf—Thanks and all good wishes to you! There will be photos and from your side of the pond too, I hope! Cxx
December 20th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Kudos to both of you, Cathy. How wonderful for you to be able to share this joy.
We also had quite a storm last weekend. Lots of ice, sleet and blowing snow, making for dicey driving. We hunkered down in our studio and made Blue Santas.
I wish you happy, healthy, joyous, peaceful and loving days.
December 20th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
And the same to you, Debra!
December 22nd, 2007 at 4:59 pm
This came from the author of the book cover I designed—
Maria Dancing Heart—www.thelastadventureoflife.com—
Hello, Cathy. I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for the lovely piece you offered Findhorn Press to use for the cover of my forthcoming (2nd edition) book! (I’m the hospice counselor you speak of in “The Good Gets Better”.) I don’t know if you knew, but we were having a bit of a challenge around what to do (between their ideas and mine), and your work was a beautiful answer to our prayers! Wow, the Spirit sure does work in mysterious ways…
Thierry offered me your website earlier today, so I just took a peek, and sure enough, you’ve spent time in Japan, (or at least w/ a Japanese healer) too! And I’m most interested to hear about Mr. Kuwahara’s philosophy — just what I’m desiring to do these days — create more joy and happiness in my life
Anyway, good to get to know you in this way… Thanks again, and Happy Solstice!
Infinite Peace, Joy, and Gratitude, Maria Dancing Heart
Thank you so much, Maria. It was a great pleasure to work on the cover and I’m sure the book will be a great gift to many people.