The Inspired Heart: An Artist's Journey of Transformation (Audiobook Mp3 CD) Review
"The Inspired Heart" by Jerry Wennstrom audio book includes 4 bonus chapters not found in the original book. The chapters open with original music by Steven (muddy) Roues (as seen on YouTube performing with the BB King.)
Review by Ralph White - NY Open Center's Lapis Magazine-
"In 1979, Jerry Wennstrom, a rising star in the New York art world, intentionally destroyed his paintings and gave away his possessions and money. He spent well over the next decade wandering, seeking, and listening, relying only on his own intuition and an unconditional trust in the Universe to provide for him. In consciously emptying himself of his identity, Jerry was led on an extraordinary spiritual journey and ultimately, a return to creating art. In his book, The Inspired Heart: An Artist's Journey of Transformation, Jerry tells the story of his metaphorical death and rebirth as an artist and as a man. The Inspired Heart is a self-portrait of the life of a man guided and armed only with an unwavering faith in the creative spirit to sustain him. In sharing the tale of his remarkable survival and his surrender to life experience, Jerry writes "it is important to bring the mystery of this survival back to the tribe as story."
A Review by Mary Anne Radmacher, author/artist-
"A heart shaped stone. A memory wafted in the scent of a summer breeze. A tune you hum without thinking. These are just some of the mystical ways Jerry's stories carry themselves. Jerry speaks from the place where the magical and holy intersect with the practical and everyday. The name of that intersection? It is, "transformation."
In the Hands of Alchemy: The Art and Life of Jerry Wennstrom
The Inspired Heart: An Artist's Journey of Transformation (Audiobook Mp3 CD) Overview
This is the extraordinary story of an artist's daring exploration into the source of his creativity. In the late 1970s, Jerry Wennstrom was a rising star in the New York art world when he decided that the ultimate creative leap was to destroy his large body of art, give away all of his possessions, and spend the next 10 years wandering, seeking, listening, and trusting God to take care of him. "It was a powerful, holy experience that left me shaken and empty, but exhilarated," says Jerry of the destruction of his art. Mindful that he was choosing a strange and dangerous way, he questioned his own sanity and the existence of any higher power. Ultimately, he came to the simple, yet radical understanding that every moment in life requires the artist's creative attention. And with that new perspective, he was able once again to create art without worshiping it as a false idol. 8 hours. Please Note: This is an Mp3 CD. Requires recent model Mp3 capable CD player.
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