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• Includes more than 80 full-color reproductions of Hart's intricate watercolor paintings and the stories behind them
• Recounts the evolution of her art and her discovery of the hidden order of Nature that led to her masterful artistic integrations of Nature, Spirit, and Sacred Geometry
• Explores how to tap into the energies provided by spirit guides and power animals, like Jaguar, Raven, Octopus, and Dolphin, and harness the intelligence of the heart for creative inspiration and vision
Every one of us possesses the potential to receive visionary experiences and integrate them into our lives. Artists become visionaries by cultivating their instinctive creative spark and sharing their profound visions with the world.
In this lavishly illustrated memoir, including more than 80 full-color reproductions of her intricate watercolor paintings and the stories behind them, Francene Hart recounts the evolution of her art from formative influences to her masterful integrations of Nature, Spirit, and Sacred Geometry. Opening with her early work on mandalas and her explorations of the work of Joseph Campbell and C. G. Jung, Hart explains how her first works of art were in response to the solitary life she led in the forest, where she discovered the hidden order of Nature. She reveals how she learned to center her artistic explorations on the intelligence of the heart rather than the intellect, utilizing the wisdom and imagery of Sacred Geometry, reverence for the natural environment, and the interconnectedness between all things as her inspirations. She describes the shamanic lessons that accompanied her discoveries and shaped her understanding of sacred relationships with the self, others, and Mother Earth. She explores how to tap into the energies provided by spirit guides and power animals, like Jaguar, Raven, Octopus, and Dolphin, and explains her profound affinity for the ocean, including her discovery of water consciousness in Hawaii. Offering chronicles of her inspiring travels and transformational encounters around the world, Hart shares her experiences at sacred sites in the Amazon, Central America, Egypt, England, Scotland, Paris, Cambodia, and the Himalayas and how these places influenced her art.
Exploring what is revealed as inspiration arises, Spirit informs, and vision is transformed into art, Francene Hart's journey offers a window into the secret order of Nature, the power of sacred symbols for evolving consciousness, and a visionary artistic path that perfectly blends the mathematical rigors of sacred geometry and the numinous.
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781591432746
- File size: 12968 KB
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781591432746
- File size: 12969 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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April 3, 2017
Hart, a watercolor artist, blends conventional memoir with art explication and spiritual exploration in this beautifully illustrated, genre-twisting book. Hart tells her life story from a childhood of drawing to experimenting with the 1960s counterculture and world travel as an adult, juxtaposing her prose with the paintings that resulted from her experiences. She includes brief commentary about the interpretation of each painting. Hart’s art is deeply personal to her and often conveys a spiritual meaning, such as a recurring motif of jaguars representing her spirit guide, or her love for the ocean (discovered after a move to Hawaii) explored through paintings of water’s unique properties. The paintings are lovely in their use of color and symbolism, and it’s fascinating to read an artist’s interpretation of her own work. However, the memoir is somewhat repetitive and anodyne, with nearly a third of the book functioning as a vacation report. More explanation of some of Hart’s beliefs and practices would better guide readers unfamiliar with the spiritual modes she explores and would help them achieve a proper appreciation of the paintings.
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