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A Brush with Darkness: Learning to Paint After Losing My Sight (精装)
by Lisa Fittipaldi
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Art, Memoir |
| Market price: ¥ 218.00
MSL price:
¥ 208.00
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MSL rating:
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| MSL Pointer Review:
A well-written and inspirational story about a woman who, struggling with denial and depression, ultimately triumphs over her world of darkness and goes on to soar into life. |
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Natalie Maines (lead singer of the Dixie Chicks) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
This book goes far beyond learning how a blind painter creates her works of art. It is an honest, heartfelt look at a woman who struggles to overcome her own faults and fears to find her authentic self. |
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Heloise (international household hints columnist) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
A truly inspirational story with highlights, lowlights, and lessons we can all learn from. |
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Kinky Friedman (singer, songwriter, and author) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
Lisa Fittipaldi is a great artist who also happens to be blind. "A Brush with Darkness" is the story of how art imitates life, and how life imitates art, and how both are mirror reflections of the miracle that is the human spirit. |
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Rick Riordan (Edgar Award-winning author) (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
By turns poignant, enthralling, and uplifting, A Brush with Darkness is a tribute to human perseverance and creativity. Lisa Fittipaldi writes as she paints - with deft strokes and vibrant color. |
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A. Doughtery (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
A book and story like no other that I have read. The author becomes blind and then learns to paint, as the title indicates, but what the review and title do not reveal is that the author guides the reader through her personal journey toward self actualization. By her frankness in revealing the changes she endured, the emotions she felt and the methods that lead to her acceptance, the reader gets a great insight into their own life and how to handle personal problems. A marvelously insightful book by a mind that is creative, mature and certainly a genius. I could not wait to see what happened next and found myself reading the book late into the night. |
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Marilyn Richards (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
This book taught me a lesson in endurance and the possibilities of the human condition...we all have the ability to undergo great traumas and survive. From her experiences, unique view of the world, her ability to paint and her great sense of humor, anyone reading this book would feel like they could survive any hardship, master any skill and be a better person for the changes that would occur. You cannot help but feel by reading this book that life is just grand as it is if you only learn to get a sense of humor and smile more often. The intention of the book is to talk about creativity and change but the added bonus is a perspective on the world that makes the reader glow with delight, feel energized by the insight and rooting for change. |
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C, Madison (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
It took an incredible loss for Lisa Fittipaldi to become a winner. Her inability to see the world from the outside forces her to look within. The author entices you from the beginning by intimately sharing her painful discovery into who she really was, and wasn't. A brilliant career woman channels her intelligence, determination, and resourcefulness into finding an answer, but not knowing to what. As her health continues to deteriorate she explores every dimension imaginable desperately attempting to discover her purpose in life. Miracuously everything seems to flow together and manifests itself in every stroke of her brush. It is difficult to conceive that her images come from an internal memmory bank, eloquently transfering onto canvas. Just as skillfully she takes the reader through this process managing to explain the impossible. After reading all night I finished the book feeling refreshed and inspired. A remarkable woman! |
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Kate Sands (MSL quote), USA
<2007-01-04 00:00>
This is a book first about inner strength, about creativity and about inspiration. If I had read the editorial note first, I would not have read this book, because this book is one of the best written and had the most direct impact on my viewpoint and life of any book I have read this year. The author, although unintentionally, gives us a true sense of the struggle it takes to change our habits, attitudes and environment, and through her struggles gives us clues to help us change our own lives. This is a must read for anyone desiring change, whether it be to diet, quit smoking or just get a better attitude, or for anyone needing a spiritual uplifting while undergoing chemotherapy, dealing with death of a loved one or the other horrible events in their personal life. Fabulous book. |
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