In early May, Heron Dance will publish two new books: an art journal and the associated day planner. Collector’s Editions printed by a premium art book publishing company are now available for pre-order here.

·      Nurturing The Song Within Art Journal:

• Explores the use of journaling in creating a life according to your own values, on your own terms. Journaling helps us understand our lives, the patterns, hidden and obvious, the currents of spirituality and subconscious thought that underlie each of our lives, the myths that guide us without us realizing it. Journaling can help us understand the opportunities and the uncertainties that present themselves in our lives.

• Explores the use of journaling in creating art and living as a creative outsider including the successes, failures, deep spiritual rewards and meaning as well as the times of rejection, frustration and inner turmoil. If you are a creative outsider, someone whose life is devoted to creating art in some form (painting, poetry, novelist, filmmaker, etc.) you will find this journal interesting and useful.

·      Both the Collector’s and trade editions will be printed by companies known for quality, but the Collector’s Edition will be printed by a particularly high-end art publishing company. Both are the same price. The Collector’s Edition will no longer be available after its initial first edition publication.

·     The planner is designed to complement the journal. The planner has two pages per day, one art, one writing. The total page count in the two books is just over 380 pages.

·      The planner is dated for the quarter beginning April 1 but is not specific to any one year.

·      The planner is designed to work with the journals but can be purchased and used independently if you prefer. Learn more here.

·      Heron Dance will publish these books quarterly. Each is in full color and 188 pages. On one level, I’ve spent a year and a half creating them; on another a lifetime.

·      The Art Journal, hardcover with a sewn binding, is $95. The planners are softcover and are $49. There are also PDF editions $25 each. The pages are 11 x 8.5 inches in size so that you can download the PDFs and print them out on your own computer.

·      All prices include sales tax and shipping.

·      The day planner is softcover, wire-0 bound so that it lays flat.  

·      Starting the last Sunday of March, I will host a weekly Zoom meeting Sunday evenings at 7 eastern exploring the use of these journals as well as any Heron Dance related subjects attendees want to discuss. If one person shows up, great, we’ll explore journaling together. If one hundred show up, even better, although perhaps a little chaotic until we learn how to use the platform. The Zoom link will be available to all Heron Dance supporters, art buyers, etc. whether or not you’ve purchased a journal or planner.

The first draft of these books is presented in The Nurturing The Song Within E-Journal. It is available to all supporters of Heron Dance. If you don’t already receive it, you can sign up here.

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Creating these books, and the initial preliminary work as presented in the e-journal Nurturing the Song Within, will be the focus of all Heron Dance work going forward. I’m excited to focus on them. They are powerful and useful, and are as beautiful as I can make them.

Thank you for your interest in Heron Dance.