Arts & Photography

Adore Me

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The last thing Tessa Rogers needs or wants, is a hero. When single mom Tessa’s apartment burns down, she’s left with nothing but ashes and nowhere to go. Hunky firefighter Damon Jackson has been battling depression since his wife’s passing, but he still has an enormous heart and offers Tessa and her daughter a place to stay. Neither of them is looking for a relationship, but the proximity has them quickly falling for one another, flaws and all. Tessa always promised herself she’d never fall for a firefighter – not after losing her dad to that heroic profession. And Damon is afraid to open his heart again. Will she be able to help Damon, or will the depression and grief be too much?

Meet Ashley Zakrzewski

USA Today and International Best Selling Author Ashley Zakrzewski is known for her captivating storytelling, sultry plots, and dynamic protagonists. Hailing from Arkansas, her affinity for the written word began early on, and she has been relentlessly chasing after her dreams ever since.
Website : https://www.ashleyzakrzewski.com

To Gaze The Summer Sky

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When was the last time you laughed so hard that the unwitting tears of joy showed you your childhood self? When was the last time you cried so much that it washed away all your bottled-up emotions that longed forever to be set free? I believe that a complete life is a life with tears of all kinds. To gaze the summer sky is a compilation of three short stories that thrive on unblemished, basic human emotions about first love, adventure and friendship that genuinely could make you smile. Take a break to appreciate that a little smile can make your world a happy place. In your smile is all the peace that mankind could adore.

Meet Prasanna Vignesh

Doctor. Author of “Oh boy! You’re in trouble” and “To gaze the summ sky” Lyricist Wanderer.
Website : https://www.amazon.com/Prasanna-Vignesh/e/B09SVCNXC5/ref=aufs_dp_fta_dsk

the darkest of times, the darkest of thoughts

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gray, empty but i let the words grow and my heart, i let show but with separation came the anxiety, the pain, the journey within confinement. i wasn’t ever my own and my many faces had me so alone, i thought i might drown. it started before i even knew what puberty meant: at twelve, i wrote my first lines. now, at twenty, i want you to read my warning signs.

Meet Megan Diedericks

Megan Diedericks is avid writer, and the writing bug bit her when she wrote her first creative essay in school. She is situated in South Africa, and is proudly part of the LGBTQ+ community. This poetry collection details her dealings with grief, loss, love and heartbreak – a storm we all experience, yet feel alone inside of the eye of it.
Website : https://megwrites.carrd.co/

Tomorrow is Mother’s Holiday Extravaganza

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From Book 1: Celebrate mothers and kids who are in tough situations and fight to stay together to the end! Set in the “Windy City”, Chicago, this family is determined to stay afloat even though to do it they must go the extra mile: a warped gameshow Q&A of the US presidents, Native-American Heroes and much more!

Single mother, Sheen, has only $50 to her name. After learning about an impending Government investigation against her, she takes her 12-year-old son, Tey, and her 8-year-old son, Jamal, out for some holiday fun in Downtown Chicago; only to find themselves lost on the Elevated Commuter Train. Before their first stop, Sheen finds a flyer for an event with free food and housing on the floor of the train. Soon after she reads about it, the train begins to shake . They watch their car separates, slide off the rail and crashe to the ground. This leaves them no choice. They get off the still relatively stable train and find Vinn’s Place. Vinn, the owner, is a man from Naples who creates phones using more than solar panels, located farther up then 30 floors overlooking beautiful, Lake Michigan. But all is not okay in their special world when Sheen, Tey and Jamal realize they might have gone too far.
While finding their way, they must contend with a city they soon no longer recognize. Together they face their worst economic crisis and the boys remember their absent father, who left the country to avoid deportation, not so long ago.

Meet Finestra Greene

Finestra Greene is an author who writes about characters who live and experience family life with or without the money they need in Chicago and all the excitement this brings. Even still, each character has a few things to say about their own life in this situation.
This book is written for Mother’s everywhere and kids workbook style with pencil sketches readers can submit to on her author page. This book is always under revision just like her characters who struggle in a children’s survival story, like the real children outside around us everyday.

The Adventures of Fairy Unna and Her Friends

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The little fairy Unna lives in the fabulous and magical land of Fayland,together with her friends and other fairies and elves. She finds herself on an exciting and dangerous adventure. Will little heroes be able to defeat the evil hanging over their amazing country? Will they restore justice?

Meet Julia Katok

How to Draw Cool Things, Optical Illusions, 3D Letters, Cartoons and Stuff

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Your kids will love learning how to draw cool stuff with the following easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrations and tutorials. The simple steps in this drawing book will show you and your kids how to draw optical illusions, 3-dimensional letters that pop out of the page, 3d cartooning effects, and cool things that will blow your mind.

Meet Rachel Goldstein

Rachel has been in love with drawing and art ever since she was old enough to hold a pencil. She was never good at it until she realized a better way to draw. Rachel figured out that when she found simple geometric shapes, alphabet letters, and numbers in what she was trying to draw, she could actually draw things much more accurately. She still draws this way as an adult. Rachel has been teaching kids how to draw for almost ten years now on her site, drawinghowtodraw.com, and her drawing techniques really work! With her no-tears strategy, learning how to draw is fun for children as young as 5 years old, but also for adults and teens.
Website : https://www.drawinghowtodraw.com/

The Giving World

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A beautiful book full of diverse intentional art with soft rhyming stanzas written from the heart. A creative collective of 28, Lean and Huggins along with twenty-six illustrators. 26 talented illustrators picked from a list of intentions to choose the topic for their own illustration, and given complete freedom to express their illustration through color, vision, and their own unique style – truly creating a work of art through the hearts of many. This team of talent is a diverse, creative, and inspiring collective. Their work exemplifies a broad range of expression, love, togetherness, creativity, and connection. We hope this book brings a new appreciation to the world around you. behind the scenes of the creative process … Lean and Huggins wrote the book after they received the finished illustrations. Trusting their final vision, and not having all the words or the books completion as a whole ironed out … These two authors trusted their hearts, vison, and creativity then hired not one illustrator but 26, believing we are always better and more capable of great things when we work together. Lean and Huggins couldn’t be prouder of this intentional beauty they are sharing with the world. Grab your copy of the giving world today.

Meet Leigha Huggins

With love, purpose, and warmth, Leigha invites you into her world with her heartfelt stories. Leigha believes intention and words are the guiding force in life. Her deep benevolence fuels her creativity; masterfully melding both intention and words. She proudly presents you with intentional, thoughtful, loving, purposeful, and powerful books to be enjoyed time and time again. Heather Lean is a wife, mom, and animal lover. Her first book, Angel Grandma, was written after grieving the loss of her mother and mother-in-law. After writing this book, she found herself writing several others, and it was the spark that ignited her passion for writing children’s books. All of Heather’s books have a central theme of love. Heather resides in New York, where she enjoys spending time with her family, friends, and pets. She has seven hens, three cats, and a puppy named Beau.
Website : http://www.thegivingworld.org

Mr. Monroe’s Alphabet Book of Pretend Creatures

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STOP! Watch out! Be careful when you go outside. You might walk into a pretend creature. Worry not, there just so happens to be someone who can illuminate the way! Come along on this little adventure into Mr. Monroe’s vast backyard as he catalogs pretend creatures by name and species.

There is information to be had for each discovered creature as well, so upon this journey we shall have five facts about these wonderful things that inhabit our world…of imagination.

MR. MONROE’S ALPHABET BOOK OF PRETEND CREATURES – 56 Pages
Showing children everywhere that there is so much to explore in their growing minds. We must never deny the whimsical or the seed of imagination won’t take root. What is difficult to most adults, comes so easy to children. IMAGINATION, and that must be cultivated. SO! No matter where they play or who they play with, imagination will lead to creation. And that will lead to fun!

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Wendell and Wanda Explore the animals of Noitanigami: Draw It Yourself. Illustrated by you.

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Wendell and Wanda Explore the animals of Noitanigami

Written by Christopher Davy

Illustrated by YOU!


PLEASE BE AWARE: This is the eBOOK version.

Only by using certain devices can you download the eBook and print it off.

If you buy the eBook you can still enjoy the story.

Just create your artwork on something else and then copy the story on to it.

There is a PAPERBACK version available.


Wendell and Wanda
Like to sit and ponder
Just like you and me

They live in a place
Noitanigami
There’s lots to do and see

Now with a rhyme
And a pinch of idea
Can you add all the pictures
Make the story appear?


Wendell and Wanda is a special kind of book. It is a D.I.Y. book – Draw It Yourself!

Anyone, of any age, can enjoy creating the artwork to go with the story inside!

When you are done, if you want to, take a photo and share what you have created with the world using:

#wendellandwanda

#noitanigami

A NEW STORY GETS RELEASED EVERY MONTH!

To follow Wendell and Wanda and to stay up to date with future releases please visit:

www.wendellandwanda.com

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Presents of Mind

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These poems are about therapy and life’s struggles. They take you on a verbal, visual and emotional journey. Written for anyone who reaches for deeper meaning in their inner and outer worlds, or who strives for personal growth through the puzzling process of becoming and being, this intricate, poetic and artistic tapestry invites the reader to engage on therapeutic, spiritual and philosophical levels.
“Replenishes the soul… Brimming with honour and compassion.” – Amazon reviewer
“… very beautiful and a moving evocation of therapy / soul work.” Professor Joy Schaverien, Jungian Psychoanalyst, Author of ‘Boarding School Syndrome: The Psychological Trauma of the Privileged Child’
“…an extraordinary accomplishment. …full of emotion, pain, and hope.” Pauline Andrew MA Couns/Psych, Director, Deep Release, Managing Director, Barnabas Counselling Training.

This book offers a compassionate and dignified view of distress and brokenness, while pointing to the beautiful and mysterious energies and immense healing resources of the mind.
A collection of inspirational shaped poetry and corresponding artwork by the author, these are Richard’s reflections on psychotherapy and the creative energy and healing power of the mind, woven into a tapestry of metaphors and forms. This book explores archetypal themes underlying the therapeutic journey. The reader is invited to dive in to the intertwined verbal and visual world of the book – and themselves – to engage with their own experience and process.
Themes running through the book include: light and dark, annihilation and resurgence; fragmentation and integration, transformation, healing and wholeness; concealment and discovery; identity, authenticity and becoming; creativity, energy, cycles and music; cellular, personal and universal perspectives. There is an air of mystery as the book raises questions and contains ambiguities and puzzles. The richly concentrated style is thought-provoking and moving, and its pages can be read rewardingly many times.
It is written for anyone who finds life a challenge, for clients and students of therapy, for counsellors, psychotherapists, and others concerned with mental health. It may also appeal on a spiritual and philosophical level, and to anyone interested in shaped poetry.
The substance of the poetry is expressed both in the shapes and in the words, and there is an essential coherence in the relationship between them. There is an unexpected depth and multi-layered symbolism to be found in the imagery, which is a vital, architectural part of the whole, and models a personal space for nurturing psychological resources in a world where intense pressures frequently defy a healthy state of mind.
This book reminds us that woundedness is not to be looked down on, that therapy is as much an art as a science, and that its essence can be as diverse and original as the mind itself.