Life After Art

 **I received this ample in the hopes that I would share my honest opinion of this product, no compensation was received. Review by Michelle**

Have you ever one of those books that changes they way you think? It changes your very heart and soul? Matt Appling's  LIFE after ART does just that. First of all, Matt Appling is a great writer. I absolutely love his stye of writing. He is very funny and includes his own stories of his youth and his friends while growing up.

LIFE after ART touches on subjects I think we probably all try to encourage in our children from a very early age, Creativity and Imagination. Appling is challenging us to rediscover our love for creativity and imagination that we used to have as children but unfortunately as we grow older we succumb to peer pressure and worry about what others will think. We get embarrassed and stop being creative and stop using our imagination.  This is a very deep book, it requires you to stop and think about ourselves and what were missing in our lives.

 Here is a little synopsis of the book:

For most adults, the art room is a memory from long-lost childhood school days. Art class probably did not mean much more than smearing crayons and paint onto construction paper-with no real value to an adult who is dealing with the pressures of relationships, careers, finances, and raising a family.

Even with these external pressures, the biggest concern adults often face is the spiritual crisis of self-value. We fear unmet ambitions. We fear that our lives have little meaning, purpose, or value. We fear that God has a plan for us, but we're missing it. These fears prevent us from leading the productive, contented, joy-filled lives that God created us to live.

And so, the long-forgotten art room actually holds three God-given keys, available to every adult, for living the life we were meant to live. When we entered the art room for the first time as kindergartners, we all instinctively knew some things that we would progressively forget over time and now it's time to learn them all over again.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1: All Children Are Artists

Why we are all born naturally creative

2: The Problem is to Stay an Artist as an Adult

How we lose our natural-born creativity

3: Life Without Beauty

Society suffers an epidemic of lost creativity

4: Coloring Inside the Lines

Relearning how to create within the boundaries of life

5: Freedom to Fail

Relearning how to take necessary risks

6: Born to Create

Relearning how to be a creator

I truly enjoyed Life after Art,  it is a quick read. I encourage you to read it. It will challenge you. Are you leading the life you want to live?

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