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Erin, I LOVE your new book!!! It's
now my writing and painting companion that greets and
inspires me before I work.
A Puryear
Each Chapter is like a get together
with an old friend...sometimes you get insight, sometimes
shared sadness and sometimes a taste of joy and silliness.
In telling her stories and sharing her experience of life
Erin also makes you really think about how you are
experiencing your own life. You do not have to be an artist
to get a lot from this book, and get some reassurance from
the fact that even a talented successful person can still
get overwhelmed by "to do " lists. I love this book and so
does my husband and hopefully the many friends I have given
it to!
M Poroy
I fell asleep last night reading it
over for the second time. Thank you, too, Erin, for that
wonderful and lovely gift.
N Nichols
I have just finished reading and
pondering Erin Lee Gafill's Little Book of Hope entitled
"Drinking from a Cold Spring".
It is a treasure because it has been unearthed from deep
places, in real time, and priceless because it is real and
true. Erin is an authentic voice that draws its resonance
from artesian wells of Big Sur. She writes in an amazingly
pure naked style that I like to call "Plein Air Prose". The
19th century Impressionists liked to carry the tools of
their trade outdoors: easel, paint, white parasol and chair
to catch the subtle light and vision of a certain scene.
Erin, a successful Big Sur painter has done that countless
times, and enjoyed the challenge and discipline of "plein
air" painting. She demystifies the mystique as "the idea
that what we paint is what we are-that we are processing
visually the same things we are struggling with in our real
lives".
M Anthony
This book is inspiring in a way that
is powerfully unique. The author takes the reader into a
world inhabited by us all and allows us to see our lives
reflected in her own struggles to come to terms with a life
fraught with challenges, yearning and acceptance of herself
as both an artist and a human being. From her perch at the
edge of the Big Sur cliffs she gifts us with the power of
nature's beauty to transform and heal, seeing the world anew
with restored hope and faith in the essential goodness of
life. This is the book you go to when you want to step away
from your life and take a drink from that clear, cold spring
yourself.
E Rhinehart
It is not an easy task paring life
down to its essence then sharing with others that sweet nut
that takes years of ones life to get to. Erin Gafill is one
of those generous souls who openly reveals her heart to her
readers, sharing her experiences, her loves, her fears, and
her deep compassion with all of us. After reading this book,
I would follow her anywhere -- I trust she knows the way.
J Elfman
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