Wendy lives in Burlington, Ontario, Canada with her family, from where originate her vibrant paintings.

The paintings are exquisite in a perfect balance of detail, color and emotion that is evoked in each one. When admiring Wendy’s work, one can actually “feel” the people and the places in the art work. As fantastic as she can portray people and emotion, Wendy also does a magnificent job of capturing the beauty and diversity of nature. Each picture is a unique composition that tells its own vibrant story.

Wendy’s work has been showcased in various galleries and she has also been honored with several awards for her exceptional talent and creativity. Wendy’s passion rests in her art work and for this same reason she paints for the love of painting and sharing her creativity with the world. She has thus donated her art work generously to various organizations.

Wendy is also a member of the Canadian Artists Representation, Central Art Association, Burlington Art Centre, and Performing Arts Burlington.

To learn more about Wendy and see some of her exceptional art work, which can also be purchased, visit her at WendyCarmichaelBauld.com

Thus it is with great excitement that I share with you here, the small addition to this book called Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch.

This little book is not just for inspiration but it is a resource to awaken your thoughts and push you to open your vision to new heights. Neale Donald Walsch was just an ordinary man, leading a very typical life full of pain, suffering and disappointment until he had a spiritual breakthrough that lead him on his journey to become a spiritual teacher, writer and internationally renowned speaker. Today he travels around the world giving workshops and seminars that inspire, awaken and raise people to their highest potentials.

“Meditations from Conversations with God“, is divided into the following sections:

Introduction
Meditations on Universal Truths
Meditations on The Spiritual Path
Meditations on Feelings
Meditations on Mortality
Meditations on Self-Awareness
Meditations on Time
Meditations on Politics and War
Meditations on Money
Meditations on The Planet
Meditations on Relationships

The book has about 160 pages and is roughly 5′ by 6′.

I love diving into this book randomly and getting a message, a thought, an inspiration or a reminder that strengthens my spirit and love for life. Sometimes I also just read a few pages in order. One can also pick a section based on their feelings, moods or needs. You can read a meditative excerpt first thing in the morning and put it into action during the day, end off your day with some calming words or pull it out at any point in the day when you feel you want to be grounded, inspired or refreshed.

I felt it was a perfect addition to Evolving Scenes as the book is a small companion for any day, that has a moving, inspiring and wisdom awakening quote per page followed by an accompanying photograph on the page adjoined to it. The photograph images are thought provoking and breathtaking on their own, and are quantified even more by the words that join them. All the images are various shades of sepia and black and white. The photograph images are from Corbis, Getty Images and Osho International Foundation.

Visit Neale Donald Walsch on his site, to learn more about his life, his inspiration, his writing and his events.

Meditations from Conversations With God (Paperback)
by Neale Donald Walsch
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Davina is a writer and life coach and has also contributed her work to the e-book. To learn more about her life coaching services you can visit her at Crimson Compass, and to learn more about her writing services you can visit her at Writer Sense.

“The Quote Effect” e-book is very unique, in that it is a compilation of 90 quotes along with some photographs, that Davina put together from over 30 bloggers who participated in this project. “The Quote Effect” is about inspiration, creativity and community.

It is an amazing companion book that anyone is sure to find valuable and enjoyable as it is full of beautiful, heart warming and deep words of wisdom organized as short quotes.

There are inspirational quotes, health quotes, philosophical quotes and many more! The quotes are sure to move you and the photographs are sure to take your breath away! Plus you also get a chance to learn more about the bloggers who contributed their work to the e-book and know where to find them to check out more of their work.

I am very proud to say that yes, you can also find Evolving Scenes in the e-book, as I had a chance to contribute some photographs and quotes to the project myself.

The best part about this e-book is that it is free and you can download a copy for yourself or pass it along to someone you know, who would also enjoy it.  It can be used in your everyday life, when you might just be looking for some extra inspiration, motivation or some thought provoking words!

Feel free to come back too and share, what effect “The Quote Effect” has had on you.

Bert is a retired academic physician, who was a professor of surgery at Louisiana State University Medical Center. Now you may be thinking “what does being a doctor have to do with nature and photography?” Well one of Bert’s long time interests has been photography.

He has worked with Eugene Delcroix, a master of light, composition and soft focus and Ansel Adams, a visionary and master of landscape photography. Being both a doctor and photographer, Bert began experimenting with x-ray photography and high contrast images in the late 1970’s and has since produced outstanding photographic art work. Dr. Myers’ book is the first and only book to cover the history of x-ray photography as an art form. He has also published other works in his previous book, Festival of Fins 2000: A Public Art Display in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Bert’s book Inner Beauty of Nature, is divided into the following sections:

• History of X-ray Art
• Technique of Making Art Roentgenograms
• The Negative versus Positive Debate and Other Image Manipulations
• Black and White Images
• Adding Color to X-ray Images
• Making Montages
• Other X-ray Artists
• Index of Images and Artists

The book has about 160 pages and is roughly 10′ by 10′. The images are presented 1 per page and thus this makes a wonderful show piece for a coffee table or other display.

I have to tell you Bert’s work is like nothing that I have seen before. It takes the beauty and delicateness of nature to another level. The detail that is captured is like nothing that can be done with just a camera as through the x-ray technique, Bert goes within the object and produces a truly unique perspective.

Amongst his various works in this book, you will find numerous flowers and sea shells captured in a way that one could probably never imagine. Through the x-ray photography, Bert has captured nature’s details and inner makings at their finest. The clarity of the details is impeccable!

There are both colored and black and white images. Although I tended to favor more the black and white photography, some of the colored images were equally stunning and captivating.

Bert’s book can make a very elegant gift for that nature or photography buff that you may know. You can also check out Bert’s work for yourself on his site Bert Meyers Fine Art Photography. As well you can explore more of his work on Jamuse – Free Your Creative Talent.

The inner Beauty of Nature (Hardcover)
by Bert Myers
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