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David J. Bookbinder

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in Buffalo, NY, The United States

March 14, 1951

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David J. Bookbinder is a life coach, writer, and photographer. He lives and works north of Boston, Massachusetts.

His award-winning Flower Mandala images were inspired by the paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe and the flower photographs of Harold Feinstein, with whom he briefly studied. David holds Masters degrees in Counseling Psychology and Creative Writing and is a regular presenter at the Creativity & Madness conference in Santa Fe, NM.

In addition to Street People: Invisible New York Made Visible and Street People Portfolio: Invisible New York Made Visual , he is the author of The Art of Balance: Staying Sane in an Insane World , Paths to Wholeness: Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas , two coloring books for adults based on his Flower M ...more

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	Paths to Wholeness: Selections 4.21 avg rating — 42 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Balance: Staying Sane in an Insane World by David J. Bookbinder (Goodreads Author), Stephanie C. Bond (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2018 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Paths to Wholeness: Fifty-Two Flower Mandalas (1) 4.13 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	52 Flower Mandalas: An Adult Coloring Book for Inspiration and Stress Relief by David J. Bookbinder (Goodreads Author), Emily Sper (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The new Internet address for this blog is: https://davidbookbinder.com/theartofb... and the name is "The Art of Balance: Stay Sane in an Insane World." This move reflects a change not only in name, but also in focus. At a conference called Creativity and Madness in Santa Fe, New Mexico, I recently presented some of the concepts in my little book The Art of Balance: Staying Sane in an Insane World. Read more of this blog post »

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Manuscript Makeover: Revision Techniques No Fiction Writer Can Afford to Ignore

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