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The Persistence of Yellow: A Book of Recipes for Life
Get ready to go to a place where miracles live, hope resides, love calls home and childhood memories come out to play. The unreal becomes real and the good gets a taste for the great.
Hardcover, 80 pages
Published
September 5th 2000
by Compendium Publishing & Communications
(first published July 2000)
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Though the copyright date says
2000, this book feels like it
came straight from the sixties.
Little prose-y, poem-y writing
with lovely line drawings,
lightly highlighted here and
there with yellow, all loosely
talking about living now.
Here's a short sample:
"Everything melted,
rained, unraveled,
became, grew wings,
attempted flight,
flopped, tried again,
succeeded.
Just another day.
#317"
2000, this book feels like it
came straight from the sixties.
Little prose-y, poem-y writing
with lovely line drawings,
lightly highlighted here and
there with yellow, all loosely
talking about living now.
Here's a short sample:
"Everything melted,
rained, unraveled,
became, grew wings,
attempted flight,
flopped, tried again,
succeeded.
Just another day.
#317"
I love this book. I have had this for a few years, and every now and then, I curl up on my couch, and indulge in a splash of yellow - and my spirit simply soars.
"I met my dreams in a dream last night. They were whining about the view, the humidity, the reckless rooms inside my heart. 'We need room for flight,' they cried. So I'm deconstructing my tiny house today. I am giving my dreams the starlight as their steeple, the uncluttered winds for their kites".
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"I met my dreams in a dream last night. They were whining about the view, the humidity, the reckless rooms inside my heart. 'We need room for flight,' they cried. So I'm deconstructing my tiny house today. I am giving my dreams the starlight as their steeple, the uncluttered winds for their kites".
Yes, this is what I do when I read 'The...more
One of my favorite "Adult Picture Books" this book is filled with awesome vignettes of poetry that revolve around two women who have crazy experiences that can somehow be applied to life. The quotes are awesome i.e. "Sometimes it's necessary to howl - no matter who you wake up." are amazing and have become some of my favorite quotes of all-time. The pictures are equally amazing - they are simple line drawings where the author/illustrator didn't pick up the pencil, so they are all one continuous...more
I loved the cover of this book, my favorite color, yellow. The artwork was interesting and it said in the back of the book that the artist drew the illustrations in one continuous line with seemingly no beginning and no end. The book was a book of quotes from a grandmother to her granddaughter. I liked it ok and think it will be interesting to talk about in our book group. But, it was a little eccentric for my conservative style.
A magical read...made me feel like dancing! (Or howling!)
A good friend gave me this book, and I thanked her profusely because I loved its abstract, quirky and deep insights. Then I began to wonder if she gave it to me because she thought I was abstract and quirky myself. Food for thought. Regardless, thanks, Kristy! :)
Just a short little book...really funky addages and positive, uplifting vibes!
The most uplifting book I have ever read.
Wonderful illustrations!
LOVE LOVE LOVE!
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