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A NEW LENS. A NEW WAY TO SEE YOURSELF AND THE WORLD. A NEW WAY TO SEE YOURSELF IN THE WORLD.
I’ve always taken the lonely road. I believed that not doing things was what you would regret most. Not thinking about things, not planning to do things, not attempting.
I did stuff that I was ill-prepared for and very bad at. I attempted things and failed multiple times. Some things were important. Some were unnecessary, inappropriate, or embarrassing.
It took a lot of bruises to realize my limitations. I have them all and they all show.
Every thing I did made me a better person. Things I didn’t do made me grateful for the moment of sense that I had at that particular event horizon. The things I succeeded at surprised me and made me wonder what I could do, one day, if I really applied myself.
This is a guide to looking at things in a different way to change your perspective. It’s a guided meditation on your motives and intentions. It’s an examination of conscience that focuses you on your sins of omission.
This book doesn’t tell you about the things to do.
Brainstorming. Spitballing. There are no stupid questions. No wrong answers.
There are many answers.
There are multiple universes.
Be open to possibility.
Be straight, not rigid.
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Format: 5 x 8 Black & White Paperback, 179 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Nov 16, 2022)
ISBN10: 197725716X
ISBN13: 9781977257161
Genre: ART / Conceptual
Christine R. Archer was born in New Britain, CT in 1950 and attended Southern Connecticut State College, Central Connecticut State College, Wesleyan University, and the University of Hartford. She holds degrees in Art Education, Inter-field Studies in Art and Movement and an Advanced Graduate degree in Business and Leadership/Evaluation. Ms. Archer was one of the first art teachers in the country to gain National Board of Professional Teaching Standards for Adolescent and Adult Education Certification. Ms. Archer taught in the Berlin, Connecticut public schools for 35 years, and was Connecticut teacher in residence with the state Department of Education in 1995 and was State Art Education Administrator of the Year in 1997. Upon retiring in 2008 she started writing, as well as starting a jewelry design business under the name “Kris Weaver Designs”. Ms. Archer has taught art to elementary through adult age students and provided workshop presentations at the State and National levels. “Ditching the Sketchbook” was an workshop effort to make “art stuff” accessible to non-arts-oriented individuals and to demonstrate how many facets of life and experience can be seen through the lens of the creative process. Ms. Archer lives in Middletown, CT with her husband Kenneth, an internationally noted progressive keyboardist and composer. 
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