num_pages: 184
description: Whether you are an artist – or just think like one – Finding Bob's Glasses shows you that your history and life and work are inseparable. You'll find that interruptions and breaks in work routines may help you see things you didn't even know to look for. Perhaps most importantly, you'll discover that creativity and art thrive not in spite of the life we lead, but because of it. In this rich and touching story, Aileen Erickson examines the connections between herself, her work as an artist and her many roles as a social being. What she discovers in the process is the need to come to terms with the isolated focus of her work and its seeming separation from ordinary life. You'll read about a family island in Maine juxtaposed with a salt producing island in the Caribbean, where Aileen Erickson spent a major part of her childhood; an artist mother and husband and a young daughter who inspires Erickson to reach out – "the most important catalyst in her mother's social evolution," according to Datillo – and whose preschool line drawings illustrate the text; and a minor theme relating to the beloved classic Little Women and its author, Louisa May Alcott. You'll find how these things the the author writes about help to form who she is, both as a person and an artist, and how they mirror a singular psychological and spiritual journey. "As a stylist," one reader comments, "Aileen Erickson is flawless, reads easily." Finding Bob's Glasses implies we all can be artists, if only in the daily details of our lives. A very personal story about "the process of growth," and "finding one's own truth and freedom through searching and letting go," it is also about "challenging the preconceptions we all have of ourselves and the world around us as we discover our own truth and gain our freedom." (Joanna Datillo, Smoki Bacon Dick Concannon Show on BNN-TV)
language: English
title: Finding Bob's Glasses: A Memoir of Life, Love and Unfinished Paintings
titlecomplete: Finding Bob's Glasses: A Memoir of Life, Love and Unfinished Paintings
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Fresh Pond Pub