Past Issues of
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January 2007
        Feature Article: No Pressure
Books: Hodgkinson, Tom. How to Be Idle. 2006.
        Links: www.idler.co.uk

February 2007
        Feature Article: Welcoming the Unthinkable
Books: Cameron, Julia. Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance. 2006.
        Links: http://www.collisiondetection.net/mt/archives/2006/05/ever_heard_of_t.html

March 2007
        Feature Article: Bring It On Home
Books: Gould, Stephen Jay and Purcell, Rosamond Wolff. Crossing Over: Where Art and Science Meet. 2000.
        Links: www.bennettbean.com/adirector.htm

April 2007
        Feature Article: Words and Pictures
Books: Vreeland, Susan. Life Studies. 2005.
            Haddon, Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. 2004.
        Links: www.edwardtufte.com

May 2007
        Feature Article: Not Just a Pretty Picture
Books: Duncan, David James. My Story as Told by Water. 2001
        Links: www.skagitcounty.net/museum

June  2007
        Feature Article: Discounted Strengths
Books: Zelinski, Ernie J. The Lazy Person’s Guide to Success. 2002.  
        Links: www.ComfortQueen.com

July  2007
        Feature Article: Hank Williams to Michelangelo
Books: Quinn, Robert. Change the World: How Ordinary People Can Accomplish Extraordinary Results. 2000.
        Links: www.deepchange.com

August  2007
        Feature Article: Pushes and Pulls
Books: Audette, Anna Held. The Blank Canvas: Inviting the Muse. 1993.
        Links: http://www.museonorberto.com
            http://membres.lycos.fr/amerghada

September  2007
        Feature Article:  Stopped but not Stuck
Books: Bailey, W. H. Defining Edges: A New Look at Picture Frames. 2002.
            Rich, Lani Diane. The Fortune Quilt. 2007.
        Links: www.ericmaisel.com  

October  2007
        Feature Article:  Meandering Paths
Books: Cameron, Julia. Floor Sample. 2006.  
        Links: www.eomega.org 
               www.soundstrue.com

November  2007
        Feature Article:  Framing and Reframing
Books: Heath, Chip and Heath, Dan.  Made To Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die. 2007.
        Links: http://www.goldenpaints.com/justpaint/jp17article1.php

December  2007
        Feature Article:  I Don’t Know …. Yet
Books: Robinson, Jo & Staeheli, Jean Coppock. Unplug the Christmas Machine: A complete guide to putting love and joy back into the season. 1991.
        Links: http://www.annegeddes.com/

January  2008
        Feature Article:  New Year Wakeup Call
Books: Brizendine, Louann. The Female Brain. 2006.
        Links:  http://harbaugh.uoregon.edu/Brain  

February  2008
        Feature Article:  The Power of Naming
Books:  Godin, Seth. The Dip: The Little Book that Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Quit). 2007.
        Links:  www.surfacedesign.org  

March  2008
        Feature Article: Spring Patterns and Elements 
Books:  Alexander, Christopher. A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, construction. 1977.
Alexander, Christopher. The Timeless Way of Building. 1979.
Easton, Valerie. A Pattern Garden:The Essential Elements of Garden Making. 2007.
Hemenway, Toby. Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture. 2000.
        Links:  http://www.edwardtufte.com 

April 2008
        Feature Article: Hard to Start, Hard to Stop 
Books:  Freeman-Zachary, Rice. The Creative Life: Ideas and Inspiration from Working Artists. 2007.
        Links:  http://procrastinationblog.com/procrastination-quotes/

May 2008
        Feature Article: Biodiversity in the Creative Container
Books: Sher, Barbara. Refuse to Choose: A Revolutionary Program for Doing Everything that you Love. 2006.
Sher, Barbara and  Gottlieb, Annie. Wishcraft. 2003. (2^nd reissue edition).
Sher, Barbara. It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now: How to Create Your Second Life at Any Age. 1999
Sher, Barbara.  I Could Do Anything If Only I Knew What It Was. 1995.
        Links:  www.barbarasher.com

June 2008
        Feature Article: Making Headway
Books: Pressfield, Steven. The War of Art. Break Through Blocks and Win your Inner Creative Battles. 2007.
Links: www.ndoylefineart.com/artmaking.html

July 2008
        Feature Article: Subscribing to Your Passions
Books: Writer’s Market and International Directory of Little Magazines and Small Presses. Annual.
Links: www.linkism.com/artist_resources/art-news.htm  and www.zeroland.co.nz/art_ezines.html

August 2008
        Feature Article: The Relaxed Goals of August
Books: Britten, Rhonda.  Change Your Life in 30 Days: A Journey to Finding Your True Self. 2005.
Links: www.makingmemories.org ;   www.bridalgarden.org

September 2008
        Feature Article: Scoring for the Olympic Gold
Links: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3338/ 

October 2008
        Feature Article: Women's Work
Books: Tannen, Deborah. Are You Wearing That? 2001.
Johnson, Spencer. Who Moved My Cheese? 1998
Forster, Margaret. Keeping the World Away. 2008
Links: http://www.nmwa.org/ ;www.google.com 

November 2008
        Feature Article: Which Niche
Books: Smith, Constance with Greaves, Susan F. Internet 101 for the Fine Artist. 2^nd Edition.
            Keen, Andrew. The Cult of the Amateur. 2007.
Links: http://www.nichemag.com  ; www.americanstyle.com

December 2008
        Feature Article: Hibernation
Books: Laroze, Catherine. The Art of Being: Recapturing the Self. 2005.
            Keen, Andrew. The Cult of the Amateur. 2007.
Links:
http://www.gnorb.net/personal-development/20060928/how-to-power-nap/\

January 2009
        Feature Article: Rousing from Hibernation
Books: Helgoe, Laurie. Why Your Inner Life is Your Hidden Strength. 2008.     
Links: www.gettingthingsdone.com 

February 2009
        Feature Article: Working Styles
Books: Progoff, Ira. At a Journal Workshop. Revised Edition 1992.
Links: www.yde.dk/charlotte/english

March 2009
        Feature Article: Discovering Sharks' Teeth
Books: Grierson, Bruce. U-Turn: What if you Woke Up One Morning and Realized You Were Living the Wrong Life. 2007.
Links:http://craftemergency.org/

April 2009
        Feature Article: Islands of Creativity
Books: Pirsig, Robert. Lila: An Inquiry into Morals. 1991.
Links:  www.fredbabb.com

May 2009
        Feature Article: Follow the Music
Books: Maxwell, Robin. Signora Da Vinci. 1991.
Links:  http://www.ttms.org/writing_quality/voice.htm

June 2009
        Feature Article: The Gift of Leaves
Books: Weiner, Eric. The Geography of Bliss. 2008.
Links:  www.ted.com  
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html

July 2009
        Feature Article: Emotional Bookmarking* and Creative Decisions
Books: Gonzales, Laurence. Deep Survival. Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why. 2003
Robinson, Ken. The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything. 2009.
Gruber, Michael. The Forgery of Venus. 2008.

August 2009
        Feature Article: Ac-cent-chu-ate the Positive
Books: Hendricks, Gay. The Big Leap. 2009.
Ranck, Christine and Nunner Christopher Lee. Ignite the Genius Within: Discover Your Full Potential. 2009.

September 2009
        Feature Article: In Such a State
Books: Grey, Alex. The Mission of Art. 1998.  
Ian, Janis. Society’s Child. 2009.

October 2009
        Feature Article: Time in a Major Key
Books: Zimbardo, Philip. The Time Paradox. 2008. 
Vreeland, Susan. Luncheon of the Boating Party. 2007.
http://fora.tv/2008/11/12/Philip_Zimbardo_The_Time_Paradox
www.thetimeparadox.com

November 2009
        Feature Article: State Changes and Too Many Hats
Books: Hyde, Lewis. Philip. The Gift. 2007, Blanton, Brad. Radical Honesty. 2003. 

December 2009
        Feature Article: Hours and Hours
Books: Gladwell, Malcolm. Philip.  Outliers. 2008.

January 2010
        Feature Article: Climate Change
Books: Schneider, Katie. All We Know of Love. 2000.

February 2010
        Feature Article: Scheduling and Drama
Books: Honoré, Carl. In Praise of Slowness. 2004.

March 2010
        Feature Article: The Two Harpies
Books: Ben-Shar, Tel. The Pursuit of Perfect. 2009.
Liu, Eric and Noppe-Brandon, Scott.  Imagination First: Unlocking the power of possibility. 2009.

April 2010
        Feature Article:  Making Art that Makes a Difference
Books: Newberg, Andrew and Waldman, Mark. How God Changes Your Brain. 2009. Ben-Shar, Tel. The Pursuit of Perfect. 2009.
Barbery, Muriel. The Elegance of the Hedgehog. 2009.
http://www.the-music-room.net/TMR/Blog/Entries/2009/2/20_Welcome_Address_to_Boston_Conservatory_of_Music_Incoming

May 2010
        Feature Article:  Art Abroad
Clark, Robert. Dark Water. 2008.
www.virtualuffizi.com/uffizi/index.htm 
http://www.galleriaborghese.it/borghese/en/edefault.htm 

June 2010
        Feature Article:  Shifting Gears
Harmon, Katherine. The Map as Art. 2009. 
www.daniellawoolf.com