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A poetic look at creativity, both natural and nurtured.\" --\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"*In two long, lyrical sentences, Patricia MacLachlan wonders about the early years of Henri Matisse . . . an essential, spirited picture book.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"*It's a sumptuous meditation on the way artists see and feel, one that possesses an iridescence of its own.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia MacLachlan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of many novels for children, including the Newbery Medal-winning Sarah, Plain and Tall; Baby; Waiting for the Magic; and The Truth of Me. Among her picture books are What You Know First and Lala Salama. She lives in Western Massachusetts with her husband and her old dog, Emmet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHadley Hooper\u003c\/b\u003e works as an editorial illustrator for numerous magazines and newspapers. In 2011 she illustrated Here Come the Girl Scouts! by Shana Corey. The Iridescence of Birds is her second picture book and first for Roaring Brook Press. 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Through L'Engle's beautiful and insightful essay, readers will find themselves called to what the author views as the prime tasks of an artist: to listen, to remain aware, and to respond to creation through one's own art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"When I discovered \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalking on Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e years ago, my creative self underwent a sort of liberation. I had always sensed that there was a wonderful connection between spirituality and creativity, but Madeleine's insights about both of those worlds helped me claim with more confidence my own creative gifts. This is a wise and inspiring book that should be in every artist's library.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Vinita Hampton Wright, author of \u003ci\u003eGrace at Bender Springs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVelma Still Cooks in Leeway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Once again \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eL'Engle touches the deepest parts of our psyche and heart with her artist's wand. She writes with an earthy rhythm that not only reveals the mysteries of our artistic natures, but also qualifies all along the way her inimitable wise-woman philosophies. 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In this carefully curated collection of art from around the world, he offers you an experience that only someone who really loves art can. This book inspires the reader to engage art in an eye-opening way and understand how these famous works of art bring glory to God.'-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eNed Bustard, is the illustrator of the Every Moment Holy series, Creative Director of Square Halo Books, and the artist and author of History of Art: Creation through Contemporary \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Ramsey leads us well into one of the best possible uses of our time--engaging with art and beauty.'-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Maggiori is an award-winning painter of the American West \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Russ Ramsey doesn't just see some of the wonders seen and painted by great artists of the past, but even more wonderfully, he helps us see them too. 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And what a gift that is!'-- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Meynell, Director (Europe \u0026amp; Caribbean), Langham Partnership, writer and cultural critic: A Wilderness of Mirrors and When Darkness Seems My Closest Friend\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Russ Ramsey was kind enough to give me an early chapter of this book a few years ago when I was preparing to go on a silent retreat and asked him for a work of art I might spend some time meditating on during my weekend away. Thanks to Russ's recommendation, I spent hours contemplating Rembrandt's painting, The Storm on the Sea of Galilee. I was shaken by the depiction of this scene and the disciples' question to Jesus, 'Do you not care that we are perishing?' Russ's gentle shepherding of my understanding regarding the painting and the Biblical story behind it was a balm in my life just when I needed it. 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