Touching Quiet: Reflections in Solitude

by Mindy Weisel

Book Overview

Touching Quiet is artist Mindy Weisel's journal from the summer when she was given a fellowship of one month at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, furloughed from the demands of everyday life.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892123312
• ISBN13: 9781892123312
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Capital Books (VA)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Visually, philosophically nurturing images & reflections.

In Touching Quiet: Reflections In Solitude, Mindy Weisel combines twenty-four of her remarkable paintings with her reflections and personal journal entries. Both her art and her contemplations were brought forth during her one month stat at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Very highly recommended, Touching Quiet will result both visually and philosophically to serve as inspiration for anyone seeking nurture for their spirit, creativity for their mind, and harmony in their life.

beautiful, simply beautiful

this books is such a gem. the reproductions of the paintings are very nicely done, and Ms. Weisel's writing is graceful. I recommend it heartily; you will want to pass it on to everyone you know!

Solitude becomes artistic expression

Mindy Weisel has managed to reach that place inside each of us where beauty resides and grows. Her journal gives an insight into the mind and heart of a perpetually busy woman who while at first stunned by silence, later finds the latent joy in celebrating who she is and can be.The paintings add a depth to the journal unequaled in print today, and make me wish I had the money to buy an original of each one!Thank you Mindy for such a glorious escape and discovery!

Beautiful and Inspiring

Mindy Weisel's book is both beautiful and inspiring. The paintings are gorgeous, and each time you look at them you see a new meaning. But most of all what I took away from this book is that we shouldn't be afraid to take a moment or two for ourselves and do the things we enjoy. A must read for anyone who is stressed out, or just looking for a few moments of beauty.

An inspiration for the heart and soul.

Mindy Weisel's Touching Quiet is a soothing journal of one woman's experience with sudden solitude and quiet. After being awarded a fellowship to paint for a month without interruption, Ms. Weisel discovered that not only was solitude and quiet welcome, it was also a bit frightening. Each of the fourteen paintings, beautifully reproduced in the book, draw the reader into the stillness, the beauty, and at times the struggle of "touching quiet."