Claire Elizabeth Terry's Blog

• Why Literature?

  November 20, 2009

  • For this week's Red Room blog on 'peace', I'd like to once again share a contribution from 'The Art of Living'*, this time by Mario Vargas Llosa, whose essay, "Why Literature?" brilliantly highlights how literature is "one of the common denominators of human existence" and how the "unvariable truth ... that men and women from across the world are equal" that ...
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• Saying good-bye

  September 25, 2009

  • For this week's blog topic, 'Saying goodbye', I'd like to once again share an essay from the book, 'The Art of Living'*, this time by Gloria Gilmartin from Wisconsin. It's called 'Remembering':        On the first anniversary of my husband's death, I found myself dreading the approach of 10:26 p.m.        How will I feel?  What am I supposed to feel?  What if I don't feel ...
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• Why Forgive?

  September 18, 2009

  • For this week's blog, I'd like to share the thoughts of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who was also Chairman Of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commitee (extracted from his contribution to 'The Art of Living'*  and originally published in 'God has a Dream', Random House), because I've never read anything which expresses so well, in an eminently practical way, exactly HOW to forgive: Why ...
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• UN's Alliance of Civilizations recognizes 'The Art of Living'

  June 12, 2009

  • I am pleased and delighted to announce that the United Nations' Alliance of Civilizations (www.unaoc.org), recently commended by Barack Obama, has recognized 'The Art of Living' as contributing to the objectives of the Alliance and will post information about 'The Art of Living' website (currently under construction), as well as providing a link through to it, from The Alliance of ...
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• The Art of Living: on sale June 1st throughout the USA!

  May 27, 2009

  • 'The Art of Living' is now available to purchase from bookstores all over the States!  (If you've already pre-ordered it on either Amazon.com or Amazon co.uk, it  will also now be sent out to you.) If you'd like to order online, here are the ...
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• The Art of Living

  February 14, 2009

  • You may be wondering why all the reviews and media links for The Art of Living are in Spanish - well, that's because there are two versions, El Arte de Vivir (Spanish) and The Art of Living (English), and the English edition hasn't been officially 'released' yet! (Although it can be pre-ordered on Amazon - please see the links on the 'published works' page). It will be available for sale from ...
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