22 review for Lotus Seeds: Children, Pictures, And Books

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   4 out of 5

   Heather – Sep 23, 2011

   I skimmed through illustrator Marcia Brown's collected speeches in this book for a paper that I'm writing about her life and work. She wrote these over a period of several decades. I was impressed with her as a person for her dedication to going with her inspiration and taking the time to develop herself between projects. She also strongly disapproves of artists and writers blindly copying others' style or trying to create stuff that obviously will sell. She doesn't believe in finding "one's sty I skimmed through illustrator Marcia Brown's collected speeches in this book for a paper that I'm writing about her life and work. She wrote these over a period of several decades. I was impressed with her as a person for her dedication to going with her inspiration and taking the time to develop herself between projects. She also strongly disapproves of artists and writers blindly copying others' style or trying to create stuff that obviously will sell. She doesn't believe in finding "one's style" in general, but rather constantly trying different styles in order to stretch oneself and choose what is best for the work. A very inspirational woman and I'm glad that I found something in her own voice to read for this project.

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   5 out of 5

   Joan –

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   5 out of 5

   Shirley –

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   4 out of 5

   Anna –

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   5 out of 5

   Emily –

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   4 out of 5

   Satrya –

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   5 out of 5

   Igraine –

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   5 out of 5

   Patti Kissko –

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   5 out of 5

   Moh –

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    5 out of 5

    Lisa –

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    4 out of 5

    Dawn –

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    5 out of 5

    Eija –

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    4 out of 5

    Michelle –

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    5 out of 5

    BookDB –

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    5 out of 5

    Rashed –

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    4 out of 5

    Matthew Bowers –

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    5 out of 5

    Nancy Kotkin –

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    4 out of 5

    Sherlyn Burkhart –

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    4 out of 5

    MaryLibrarianOH –

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    4 out of 5

    Lindsay Lodge –

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    4 out of 5

    Jayme –

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    5 out of 5

    LSR –