MFA FREE Art Spotlight for December '08: John Haines

[Sol]

Dear Friend,

Our spotlighted MFA artist in December is John Haines. Originally from Canada, international wanderer John has lived most of his adult life without a computer, cell phone, TV, radio, newspapers, or magazines. This has been an intentional choice in his journey devoted to the discovery of Truth and Simplicity.

With one homeschooling daughter about to leave the nest (Amira was John's editor after becoming the youngest ever to complete an editing and proofreading qualification with the New Zealand Institute of Business Studies) and the other daughter, Asha, asserting all of the natural independence of a relatively mature nearly-16-year-old, John has entered the modern world in order to reach out and share some of the lessons he has learned through an unconventional life.

In Search of Simplicity: A True Story that Changes Lives, is John's new book, an exciting and serendipitous journey through the wilds of Papua New Guinea, the Himalayas, around the planet and into the heart of life guaranteed to change the way you see the world and so-called coincidences.

Click here to listen to an audio trailer as John speaks for just under 3 minutes on his adventures in In Search of Simplicity.

The book is an autobiographical travel adventure story that reads like a novel. Over the years, when John told some of the stories of coincidences that are now contained in the book, listeners began to have (or at least to notice) magical happenings in their own lives. The timely themes woven through the easy-to-read narrative include the power of coincidence; ecological, social and economic responsibility; and personal awakening.

To find out more about the book and to read sample chapters, go to http://www.insearchofsimplicity.com/.

John presents a popular weekly radio interview program of his own called Voices from the North that is simultaneously carried on local cable television in the beautiful subtropical far north of New Zealand where he lives. He has recently begun to upload archived shows to odeo.com. To see all that are currently available for your listening enjoyment, click here. Or you can read some of his blogs about particularly inspiring interviews on his Gaia blog.

John is also a singer/songwriter. He offers freely to MFA members this demo-quality peace song, Can You Hear the Message, recorded in 2003 while he was living in the Netherlands. Also freely available this month for listening and download are two inspiring stories John has recorded exclusively for your enjoyment, The Peace Candle and Keep on Singing.

STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT! If you'd like to be considered for an MFA FREE Art Spotlight, or wish to nominate one of our peers, just let me know (in a private letter to my Gaia email). You'll have to join MFA first, which is also FREE. I'll consider any of our members, but can only choose one applicant per month. :-)

In addition to being posted on our community's featured Discussion Board, each MFA FREE Art Spotlight will be mailed out to the entire membership, currently over 2,700.

Spotlighted artists are required to offer an original FREE art work (or works) of high quality to all members–at least for the duration of the month in which their work is featured.

Let's change the world with Marvelous FREE Art!

Artfully,

Sol
http://sol.gaia.com