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The opening page, Follow YOUR Dream...This inspirational art and poetry award-winning book is an interactive book. Available in a Coffee table size, Travel size and e-book format, in English, Spanish and Arabic written in a diary like format to reach people from all walks of life. Loren invites you into her world of creativity, seeing through Loren's eyes, her heart and spirit. Loren sees her struggles as many challenges, as a gift of learning that continues to forever grow, not stagnate. Loren's goal is to encourage all not be afraid or discouraged, to go forward, stumble, get up like Loren does. When one is stuck in the middle of the lake we can only go forward or backward always choose to go forward to complete YOUR project. There is no deadline; stay focused. Your project is complete when it is supposed to be finished. Creativity lies in all professions and aspects of life, and all are equally important. Go slowly or quickly just keep moving forward...Primal desires of human beings drive us to imagine and create. Economic barriers are nonexistent with the creative process. Do not stifle the pioneer's attitude. Ideas blossom when a community encourages independent and collaborative research and education. The world is always changing. Mistakes are miracles.The more mistakes we make bring us closer to discovery! In the introduction, Loren tells the mystical story of how, she calls her Herculean project wasNOT her idea! She just went with the flow- Wu wei as in the Tao. What is creativity? Living life My ideas I feel come through me not from me. The power of imagination is the size of the universe. Catch an aura rather than the physical. Auras are beautiful with infinite colors and eternal energy. Enthusiasm is the soul. Knowledge is an ever-changing learning conversation. This chapter exemplifies a few of her adventures and challenges that contribute to her creative growth. Playing violin and tennis, ice s

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Quotes on the back of my book ""Loren Ellis uses photographic images the way Picasso used a paintbrush."" Joanne Milani, Art Critic for the Tampa Tribune Tampa, Florida 1989 ""As we are walking on our life journeys, looking for our purpose, feeling happiness, love & sadness. Loren is painting this message of life and expressing moments of being. Her art is one long story connected to all of us."" Kateřina Adámková Artist, Gallerist BOŘEK SIPEK GLASS Prague, Czech Republic 2020 ""The author has created a highly original auto-bio using words and pictures to reflect her colorful life. Ellis offers her readers an intimate look at her life....an impressive compilation of extraordinary art that reflects on an extraordinary life. For readers looking to be creatively inspired, this book will certainly point them in the right direction."" Jennifer Hummer, author, screenwriter The US Review of Books 2022

Author Information

From childhood, Loren's calling was to make art. Loren received first prize for her color pencil drawing in 5th grade1965. In 1967 Loren studied violin and was in the Ulster Country Orchestra, N.Y. Loren, a Manhattan based artist, born in N.Y. and grew up in Tampa, Florida, has a M.F.A. from Florida State U. 1977 and a B.A. from U. of South Florida 1974. Loren earned early admission to college. While at U.S.F. Loren, with her violin, went on a study program in Florence Italy in1974. At U.S.F. her major was art/experimental photography, returned to study violin and modern dance. Loren while studying at F.S.U. While teaching at Florida A&M U. and had access to a graphic camera, it enabled Loren to publish her first book, Photographs and Thoughts in 1977. Photographs and Thoughts book 1977 was purchase in 1992 by The Museum of Modern Art in NYC and New York Public Library Museum. Upon graduation from F.S.U. in 1977, Loren received a Fellowship from the Arts Council of Florida, also in 1977 the Florida State Capitol purchased Loren's mural. Loren, is always helping others, gifted with enthusiastic teaching abilities. She founded Art for Healing NYC International org. May 3rd, 2000 on paranormal day! AfH bridges the gap to help visual and performing artists share the healing power of their art with all communities. A few collections of Loren's art; The Museum of Modern Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of History of Photography in Krakow, Poland, Kodak, Environmental Defense Fund, NYC, the Bronx Courthouse, N.Y.C. The N.Y. Historical Society, and in many private and corporate collections. Loren has received many grants and awards for her photographic paintings. A Tiny Voice was Loren's first documentary in 2007. Young people from the U.S. and abroad approached Loren to create this book and a documentary that mirrors the book. This Herculean project was NOT Loren's idea to begin at the time of her mother's transition to heaven in 2016. They all suddenly left her, so Loren continued and completed her book in 2020 and took the documentary companion to fruition in 2021.

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