Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World

by Natalie Goldberg
Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World
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55 ratings, 3.73 average rating, 4 reviews (more data...)
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published
September 2nd 1997 by Bantam

binding
Paperback, 154 pages

isbn
0553354892    (isbn13: 9780553354898)

description
In this series of autobiographical essays accompanied by paintings (or autobiographical paintings accompanied by essays), Natalie Goldberg examines th...more




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Janice
09/17/07
Janice rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in July, 2006
one of my favorite authors and Buddhist friends writes about her life and illustrates it 'in living color'. It's subtitled A Writer Paints Her World.

here is a tiny excerpt to give the flavor "I noticed that the blue of my paints wasn't blue enough to get the intensity of that New Mexico sky. I painted the sky red instead."

Tender stories of family and friends ... the paint of her father is extraordinary
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Erin
02/25/08
Erin rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Great chance to see Natalie's paintings and to get her larger thoughts on art outside of the focus of writing.
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Harley
03/20/09
Harley rated it: 5 of 5 stars

The writer introduces us to her art and her desire to paint.
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Leslie
02/08/08
Leslie rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2007
I love this book!
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