{"id":2311,"date":"2012-08-05T16:17:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-05T23:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2012-08-05T16:17:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-05T23:17:20","slug":"the-comfort-of-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everythingisnotblackandwhite.com\/blog\/?p=2311","title":{"rendered":"The Comfort of Books"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I packed for my trip home to attend my Dad\u2019s funeral I included Joe Coomer\u2019s book, Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God<\/a>. I read the book several years back and liked it quite a lot. Coomer writes women who seem familiar, interesting, and some are even artists. It is a pleasure to read descriptions of artists whose creativity isn\u2019t a form of mental illness.<\/p>\n

While I was home, I helped pack up my Mom to move her to another state. Going through my parents\u2019 things was an odd experience. I am too sentimental at times, attaching meaning to objects. This passage from Beachcombing<\/a> rang true for me.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d walked into the hospital with dirty hands and knees, holding what I thought was a box of love and memory and hope, and walked out with the same box, a loose collection of yard-sale merchandise.<\/p>\n

My Mom left her home of 62 years with four boxes and a few bags of clothes. I have been attempting to lessen my possession responsibility, but again being a mixed media artist it is difficult to give away potential art materials.<\/p>\n

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My favorite Joe Coomer books\u2013<\/p>\n

The Loop<\/a><\/p>\n

Beachcombing for a Shipwrecked God<\/a><\/p>\n

Pocketful of Names<\/a><\/p>\n

One Vacant Chair<\/a><\/p>\n

The Loop has finally become a film, A Bird of the Air<\/a>. I can\u2019t wait to see it.<\/p>\n

An interview with Coomer can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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