Synopsis
Born to Bloom Bright is an invitation to tend, enjoy, embody and fully appreciate the natural beauty within and around us. Jules Ostara takes readers on a symbolic walk through seeds of possibility while making a declaration of vitality and choice to grow, blossom and thrive.
Filled with colorful mixed media art, the book features a bouquet of artists from all over this wonderful world sharing common ground. Playful poetic verses were crafted using words foraged from garden magazines and paired with illustrations to create a space for exploration, reflection and reclamation.
This feel-good book can be used as an affirmation, meditation, or journaling tool and healthy reminder that every single one of us was born to bloom! Readers are invited to add notes, doodle or collage in areas around the text, and make this a rich, interactive experience tapping in to your divine creativity. What if the stories we speak are like prayers or magic spells? I am a flowering garden, a bird of paradise...
Celebrate your sensuality, presence, and flower essence.
Contributing Artists: Carol Iyer, Faith Evans-Sills, Flora Aube, Flora Bowley, Jessica Ruth Freedman, Joy Liu, Judith Schaller, Katharina Lucia, Kelly Siegel, Lily Sol, Michelle Lee, Nathalie Cappelletti, Nippinonni, Rosalina Bojadschijew, Shruti Gautam Dev, Susan Nethercote, Tracy Verdugo & Wyanne Thompson
Teachers could use this in speech, communication, language and art school classes or homeschool curriculum.
Makes a great gift for birth days, bridal parties, baby showers, motherhood, friends, cheer, girls coming of age, graduation, instructors, gardeners, slow living and encouragement.
Advanced Praise:
“A pleasure to behold. Vivid, unique and truly inspiring. A feast for the eyes and soul. This will be a perennial favorite to lift the spirits and brighten hearts.” ~ Andrea Gomoll-Wünsche, Artist & Author of Watercolor Magic
"A visually stunning and enchanting book encouraging us to dream big and bloom. A delightful way of getting the creative juices flowing while exploring nature and all its wisdom. Such a joyful book!"
- Lara Cornell, Bestselling Author of Maker's Mark: Make a Living & an Impact with Your Artisan Business
“Full of vibrant botanical energy and positive prose. Absolutely beautiful!”
- Louise Gale, Artist & Author of Botanical Mandalas: Draw, Paint, and Create Expressive Mandala Art Inspired by Nature and Coloring Botanical Mandalas.
“Gorgeous book. The words and imagery here are powerful and heartfelt. The pages are blessed with a creative spirit ready to activate beauty and brightness in the lives of others with each turn of the page.” - Jen Piceno, Bestselling Author of Sacred Medicine: Mystical Practices for Ecstatic Living.
Like a well watered plant, we can help nurture, teach, and trust a deep kind of self esteem, without shame, rooted in unconditional love and rising strong. It isn't about improvement. It's about self care, acceptance, resilience, confidence, happiness, liberation and love. Transform the powers of myth, belief, sensitivity, symbolism, purpose, emotional intelligence, values and storytelling with gentle grace and tenderness.
This book will be appreciated by fans of SARK, Katie Daisy, or Kelly Rae Roberts. It's a mix of field guide, gratitude, paintings, poem, prayer and manifesto. A modern, feminine version of Dr. Seuss's Oh, The Places You'll Go focused on inherent core worth since the beginning, now and always.
About the Author: Julia Ostara, aka Jules, is a homeschool mother, painter, poet, and survivalist turned thrivivalist. Her work inspires people to play and glow while finding treasures of wisdom and wonder in the process. Making art helped mend her heart after her mom died from ovarian cancer. She's carrying on a legacy of love and zest for life.
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