Recent Reviews for Joyce White
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Sculpting the Heart with Art Therapy EBook (Book) - 10/6/2009 3:28:20 PM
"Joyce White has aligned herself with spiritual principles that govern the workings of SCULPTING THE HEART WITH ART THERAPY, October 6, 2009 By Sage Sweetwater "firebrand lesbian novelist" (Colorado) -See all my reviews
"Joyce White has aligned herself with spiritual principles that govern the workings of SCULPTING THE HEART WITH ART THERAPY. She uses these principles in the most conscious and creative way for healing."[Sage Sweetwater - Celebrity Firebrand Lesbian Novelist]
SCULPTING THE HEART WITH ART THERAPY is in totality, about the possibility of renewing life. It is a profound writing of a sense of release conveyed through poetry, art and clay juxtaposed with flapping wings of freedom.
What highly validates this book for me, is the kind of creative expansiveness Joyce White gives of the soul. It embraces goodness and wellness through the healing acts of creativity, contiguous with God and dream. It is a writing which has concentrated form, and to the restless, makes contact with faith anchored in transcendent spirit. It embraces philosophy of dualities, balancing light and dark through poetry and prayer, existence and essence. I appreciate Joyce White's work. She gives all that she has and then some. Joyce opens her heart and shares her personal life, things about her family, death and dying, loving and praying, creating and imaging. She talks of Jung as if he were right beside her guiding her positive energy and assisting her dreams, Joyce says "I'd like to think this book helped others to begin living their own divine purpose." This book has done just that. It's a book of picture symbols, words, and sculptures which absorb our subconscious and represent thought, and if read and used correctly, includes vast information from all of the six senses; sight, sound, touch, smell, taste, and intuition. Joyce White has self-awareness to know specifically the areas of creativity, and what a full life is for her. She shows how the creative process is an external form of whatever we imagine internally.
The benefits of this book are many. I highly recommend SCULPTING THE HEART WITH ART THERAPY. Inspiring! The mental, physical, and spiritual idea to right living! Joyce White, you have won my respect.
Sage Sweetwater posted this review on Amazon which will be available on Amazon within 48 hours of Amazon's regulations.
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Sculpting the Heart: Surviving Depression with Art Therapy (Book) - 4/9/2009 2:04:15 AM
sounds interesting
Forgetting & Forgiving (blaming everyone else) (Short Story) - 10/14/2009 8:10:58 PM
YOU HAVE A SHARED A VERY PRIATE PART OF YOURSELF...VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE THE INKLING TO DO SO. THESE WORDS HELP YOU AND THEY WILL HELP OTHERS BY ENABLING THEM TO LET GO OF THE SAME KIND OF PAIN. GOD BLESS YOU AND THANKS FOR SHARING. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Listening to our genes can be surprising. (Short Story) - 7/10/2009 12:45:24 AM
When I listen to my own genes they tell me to look at the twisted world around me with the eyes of Salvador DalĂ or Magritte.
Georg
Bringing our true purpose to fruition... (Short Story) - 6/20/2009 10:39:12 PM
I think your parents instilled some very good values in you. As a parent, we all want our kids to take the right path and make somthing of them selves..Your writings have much depth and insight!...M
Forgetting & Forgiving (blaming everyone else) (Short Story) - 6/20/2009 10:35:13 PM
Dear joyce , you have done a lot of looking into your inner self to become the person you are today. It takes a lot of time and searching to find out why one functions the way they do. You seem to have had your share of ups and downs like many of us do , yet you have preservered and come out on top.. Depression can be life alterating , life threatening. Thank goodness there are medications available to help get through it! Blessings to you...M
Forgetting & Forgiving (blaming everyone else) (Short Story) - 3/11/2009 1:40:54 PM
Dear Joyce..
Depression is a life taking illness. It strikes anyone, everywhere, no warnings.
My prayers to you and your family
CarolHawks
Winged Memoirs (Short Story) - 3/11/2009 11:13:47 AM
Excellent story, Joyce; well done!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
Bringing our true purpose to fruition... (Short Story) - 2/15/2009 3:51:05 PM
This is full of wisdom and child-like vision and joy, a MASTERPIECE OF SELF-AWARENESS AND INNER BEAUTY personified in the written soul of the writer, Joyce White. Bravo!
Winged Memoirs (Short Story) - 11/17/2008 2:54:27 PM
Joyce, this is a great tale told from the point-of-view of the littlest tike. There is an innocence and youthful abandon, with a hint of the female to come being foreshadowed here. The whole thing has a feel of vintage John Steinbeck and true Americana. I think you should re-write this focusing on marketing it for Reader's Digest, Redbook, or some family oriented Magazine. Good stuff!
Rockie Coppolella
Do you have fun with the pictures in your head? (Article) - 9/25/2009 2:25:14 PM
A very informative insight on gathering the thoughts in one's head and storing metaphors for referencing to use in an author's writing. The use of symbols plays an important role in my own writing. I use a lot of ancient symbols such as the ankh and the carved rune symbology of the Old Norse Futhark runes. Your mention of "it's nice to think of tears...like polliwogs" is the ultimate metaphor, enlisting nature's metamorphosis in analogy to our own personal transformations and day to day agendas. Thank you, Joyce White for sharing with us this information. It has made my day richer in wisdom, as that is what writers derive from their peer writers...I value your commitment to lend your healing spirit to those of us reaching for the stars, Joyce.
Warmly,
Sage
Do you have fun with the pictures in your head? (Article) - 9/25/2009 12:49:08 AM
The pictures in my head I have tried to write about, to paint them and even to make sculptures. People thought that I was crazy.
Maybe I am.
Georg
Trusting Your Gut with Health Reform (Article) - 9/2/2009 2:02:30 AM
The insurance corporations only goal is to get shareholders happy and the mega bonuses coming. If people need to dies for the lack of coverage, so be it, collateral damage is everywhere, so, don't bitch!
And Mammon is getting fatter!
Georg
For those who need Validation (Article) - 9/2/2009 1:59:45 AM
You should had sent it to my mother, although, knowing her, I don't think it will have helped none!
Georg
Trusting Your Gut with Health Reform (Article) - 9/1/2009 9:30:14 AM
Well thought out and nicely written. I always trust my gut. Unfortunately, in this instance we have to trust politicians. My gut tells me don't trust politicians, they lie, steal and generally screw up everything they touch. In this instance they will be changing that 46 million into 307 million without healthcare.
Cohabiting with the Divine Art (Article) - 8/28/2009 9:04:15 PM
Great construction and reconstructive sense, Joyce. Love Meister Eckhart's quote, and your ending paragraph.
Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen
Is she the new HE? (Article) - 8/20/2009 1:11:17 AM
A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle?
I been so long away? As the world really really really gone bananas, incurable and hopelessly out of whack? Oh boy! men need to start going back to basics and don't be so busy with the SuperBowl or they aren't go to score any...not anymore!
Georg
Is she the new HE? (Article) - 8/19/2009 7:10:25 PM
Very interesting..
Your write is really up
to date with the times
and what is happening.
It feels as if all of
society is in getting
panned, shook into
the order that we
were ment to be in
the beginning.
Thanks for the
read.
Is she the new HE? (Article) - 8/19/2009 1:48:17 PM
You ROCK Joyce White! "At 62 even I enjoy the song Katie Perry sings “I kissed a girl and I liked it!” You tag it, doll! Yes! I'm TWITTERING this article!
Love,
Sage
Is she the new HE? (Article) - 8/19/2009 1:38:40 PM
I enjoyed your article very much Joyce. It's very well written. I've had numerous relationships and have been married three times. Divorced twice, widowed the last time. I'm heterosexual but believe a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle. Men have changed over the years I've lived and i don't favor the changes. As far as the rest of it goes everyone has a right to be exactly who they want to be. To live life to the fullest and give and receive love is all that's really important. Which sex one chosses to love is their business and I support them without prejudice. Just save me from the fashion plate male.
How many of us are lack-luster writers? (Article) - 8/6/2009 5:59:33 AM
I've been writing for years and it is hard to come up with something fresh and new each week. In the past when I've hit a brick wall and need something to perk up my imagination, I google writer's sites that contain writer's prompts. Those prompts can give ideas of what to write about. Reading through a list of prompts usually jogs my memories and my mind goes into overdrive about things that I need to write about.
And the intuition that tells you to write, because it's what you need to do, well follow it and don't worry about going over some kind of popularity poll. Who cares about that? Isn't it really all about telling what you have to say?
How many of us are lack-luster writers? (Article) - 7/21/2009 1:39:22 AM
I could be compared as a writer with one of those that long ago pounded on the face of a stonewall words that only he understood and, after many eons, still are an enigma to everybody else.
Georg
The Write Way for Art Therapy (Article) - 6/7/2009 1:34:54 AM
Through the years of writing people learn how to express themselves, to give their life's demons a name, to cry for a lost love or a goodbye with a finality.
Getting paid for doing it is nice, doing it for get paid is taking therapy to another twisted level.
Great article.
Georg
How to Journal for Joy (Article) - 4/16/2009 2:33:38 AM
Well, you shouldn't not recommend to your male readers to start buying duct tape for their wives or mothers, otherwise that's a clever idea that we hadn't heard before.
I think I will live forever as I am a consumer of white meat, turkey, pork, missionaries (LOL), so I am not in danger also because I am not a red head but a salt & pepper one.
Seriously, stress and anxiety will put more years than they deserve if they allow it to be part of their lives.
Seriously, How To: Journal of Joy are commenting to the readers what the readers can't hear because many of them have their head under the sand. Reading about common sense is the best way to have one.
Georg
Massage: How to Get and Give Joy (Article) - 4/13/2009 2:03:52 AM
I didn't believed in acupuncture until my pains were so unbearable that I would have tried anything but pain-killers.
He was old, gentle and had what is called warmth-hands. A Chinese "doctor" that landed in Norway after been persecuted for being critical to his town politicians corruption.
I was skeptical of him, his hands and his needles (I had been stuck with bigger "needles" than his)
But wonders of wonders! the treatment worked.
How to get and give joy most have been his way to go about.
Georg
Living and Loving Ourselves (Article) - 4/9/2009 2:55:22 PM
I am ecstatic you listen to your inner voices, Ms. White. The poem you wrote and the advice given in this article ... are magical and inspirational!
Regards ...
Reginald V. Johnson
How to Write Humor (Article) - 4/9/2009 1:44:26 AM
I found that writing humor is a serious business, for example:
I wrote twelve funny short stories with and average of 1500 hits but one, BOUNCING CASANOVA has reached 6000 hits, I went back a few times and reread the others trying to find what's missing, no cheese.
Perhaps when the story hits the brain and one is compelled to write, there is not a preconception to write funny, it just happened that way.
And I am not smiling as I write, if you do, I can guarantee you as the owner of a socially acceptable high degree of schizophrenia!
Georg
Children and Mood Stabilizers (Article) - 4/8/2009 1:29:23 AM
We have been asleep too long, ignoring that "it's just a child, it will pass" doesn't work anymore in an enlightening by the minute society.
Now, science has discovered the cause of many strange occurrences in the life of children and teenagers. Before it was Freud explaining everything to an Oedipus complex, but it doesn't wash anymore.
The good quacks, having the symptoms but not having a clue how to dispense with with the malady...props the little patients with all kind of pills that will make, some of them, a screwed human being that you don't wish for a neighbor.
This is a well balanced article that give also guidelines how to.
Georg
Sculpting the Heart with Lies (Article) - 3/10/2009 3:02:45 PM
You mentioned a lot of liars in your article but conveniently left out the biggest one to date: lets give credit where credit is due. In only a short time as President can you count the number of lies he has told?
Chronic Pain and Depression/Holiday Blues (Article) - 11/30/2008 3:43:54 PM
Snoopy forgave the Red Baron at Christmas, so they had a pizza and hot chocolate and then they flew off to meet another day! Good advice Joyce, thanks again for sharing your wisdom with us. Have long and happy life!
Happy Holidays,
Rockie Coppolella
Is prayer meant to change God, us or both? (Article) - 11/29/2008 11:41:57 AM
When in the book of Genesis, when Cain slew Abel, his brother, God replaced him with another child Seth, and "...then men first began to call on the name of the Lord." Genesis 4:25-26
So prayer came about by a loving, compassionate God reaching out to men and women in need, and then them calling back to him in response!
A good formula was discovered. Thanks Joyce, for provoking this thought, that even though man fell from grace and paradise was lost, the Lord still loved his human children enough to give Eve another child through whose bloodline, the savior of the world would eventually come. Rockie Coppolella
Art Therapy Activities for Halloween (Article) - 11/1/2008 7:59:41 AM
Making the invisible visible...a good Halloween topic. (Article) - 10/30/2008 10:50:09 AM
Thanks for post, funny cartoon, and reminder of our creativity as source of self discovery.
Smile as though your health depended on it. (Article) - 10/11/2008 4:57:57 AM
Comment: Excellent Article! Might just be something to post on your fridge, especially your list!
Happy Children (Poetry) - 11/14/2009 8:00:31 PM
A CANDID ANALYSIS OF CHILDREN. WELL DONE! THANKS FOR SHARING AND BLESSINGS. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
I am a hermit poet (Poetry) - 11/7/2009 6:36:13 AM
Yours is obviously a life deeply lived.
What a gift you have.
Maggie
Pimping out our love in poetry... (Poetry) - 11/7/2009 6:35:19 AM
Profound and provocative.
Excellent write
Maggie
Happy Children (Poetry) - 11/7/2009 6:34:26 AM
The things we can learn from them. Love this piece.
Hugs
Maggie
White thoughts of white flowers and white stems. (Poetry) - 10/14/2009 8:17:48 PM
BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS ON COLOR AND ALL PRAISES TO A MOST WISE AND ALL POWERFUL CREATOR; ALMIGHTY GOD. HE NEVER, EVER HAS AND NEVER, EVER WILL...MAKE A MISTAKE. THANKS FOR SHARING THIS GREAT WRITE. GOD BLESS. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Terror and Mercy (Poetry) - 10/10/2009 1:22:08 PM
YOU KNOW I HAVE SEEN THIS PAINTING MANY TIMES BEFORE BUT NEVER REALLY ASSOCIATED IT WITH 'TERROR'. THO THERE IS SOMETHING A LITTLE EERIE ABOUT THE BROWN FOILAGE IN THE FOREGROUND...STILL I JUST ASSOCIATED IT WITH HIS PERSONALITY AND MENTAL PROBLEMS AND THE HEAVENS HIS WAY OF SAYING, LIGHT OUTSHINES THE DARKNESS THAT HE FELT IN HIMSELF. I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE MEDICATION AND SUCH...BUT IN ANY CASE....A MASTERPIECE! THANKS FOR SHARING AND BLESSINGS.
JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
Terror and Mercy (Poetry) - 10/10/2009 12:29:35 PM
True, Van Gogh did much of his best work when he was in the sanitarium. It is said that when he imbibed absinthe, he began to see vivid yellows, and that is why his paintings have a vast amount of yellow pigment upon his canvasses...terror when he cut off his ear, supposedly over a woman...on the other side of his genius, he hired boys to bring him birds nests to paint...Terror and Mercy illustrates these emotions, Joyce...
Love,
Sage
Terror and Mercy (Poetry) - 10/10/2009 2:23:45 AM
Then again...I will have no mercy when it comes to deal with terror.
Man shouldn't paint himself into a corner, not let his brushes to dictate which colors.
Georg
It's nice to think of tears...like polliwogs (Poetry) - 9/29/2009 1:00:54 PM
INTERESTING AND CERTAINLY UNIQUE. THIS POEM IS GREAT THERAPY...IF ONE LOOKS AT CRYING FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE THE TEARS ARE BOUND TO DRY UP AND A SMILE WILL FORM. DONE WELL AND ENJOYED. THANKS FOR SHARING AND BLESSINGS. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS
It's nice to think of tears...like polliwogs (Poetry) - 9/25/2009 12:43:51 AM
I don't know if I ever will weep frogs...ain't no Frenchy!
Georg
It's nice to think of tears...like polliwogs (Poetry) - 9/24/2009 8:01:58 PM
Love this piece, Joyce! You have me smiling and nodding, grinning and chuckling. Your title, superb! I studied polliwogs when I was a child, your verbal understanding of then combined into now is superb, gentle and healing.
Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen
Michael Jackson, a man with a child's heart. (Poetry) - 8/28/2009 4:09:37 PM
Enjoyed this insightful article. In many ways though, Michael Jackson never got "off track" at all. As he continued working throughout his adulthood, he often labored solely to benefit others, contributing the entire share of his concert earnings to a specific community or charity. If he had the heart of a child, he definitely had the strong soul, work ethic, and giving spirit of a man to go along with it :-)
Aberjhani
Do what you love and you will love what you do. (Poetry) - 7/26/2009 1:38:28 AM
Excellent piece,I enjoy reading it,take care
EDWIN
Christ Mocked by Soldiers (1932) Rouault (Poetry) - 7/26/2009 1:11:34 AM
Like a mosaic you would have found in the Pompey house ruins of a Christian family. Yes, there is a story, the one telling how low a man can descend to mock a defenseless and tortured victim.
Georg
Christ Mocked by Soldiers (1932) Rouault (Poetry) - 7/25/2009 10:02:51 AM
Interesting portraiture and slant, Joyce. The study of religion is always enlightening and dreams often manifest out of religious art depicted throughout the centuries...be well...I am enjoying Sculpting the Heart you sent me...everyone of your readers should read your book...very creative and useful, Joyce.
Love,
Sage
Paradise Found (Poetry) - 7/15/2009 9:11:26 PM
perhaps the devils are really angels wanting to set you free ...
Paradise Found (Poetry) - 7/15/2009 7:20:50 PM
Very factual and joyful with an abbundance of spiritual love...
Be always safe,
Karen
Paradise Found (Poetry) - 7/15/2009 2:32:06 AM
Last time I asked God why Adam Y Eva were thrown from Paradise, He clarified for me the misconception or the snake. Saint Patrick was there so...no snakes there, and for that rumor about eating the forbidding apple? that's something the tabloids found, the reason was that they didn't paid the rent, that simple! So, you don't pay? out you go!
Georg
PS. My guardian Angel is shaking his head. What do he knows!
Test tube babies and the Ozone layer (Poetry) - 7/15/2009 2:26:26 AM
And we thought in 1948 that Orwell's 1984 would be a bad year!
Georg
Do what you love and you will love what you do. (Poetry) - 7/15/2009 2:24:28 AM
Sorry to say that, but I use Satan as my Voodoo doll, you won't believe how many needles you can put into the sucker!
Georg
Paradise Found (Poetry) - 7/14/2009 6:53:34 PM
Good article
Paradise Found (Poetry) - 7/14/2009 10:32:14 AM
INTERESTING WRITE WITH GOOD PHRASES AND IMAGERY. THANKS FOR SHARING AND BLESSINGS. JOYCE * HIS INSPIRATIONS.
Paradise Found (Poetry) - 7/14/2009 9:51:15 AM
If it were not for angels, I really do not know where I'd be today. Thank you, Joyce. Love and best wishes,
Regis
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon by Picasso (Poetry) - 7/11/2009 9:56:22 AM
Excellent written poem.Great job,take care
EDWIN
Michael Jackson, a man with a child's heart. (Poetry) - 7/10/2009 9:48:17 AM
I am told all of the time that I "never grew up." So I can relate. Thank you, Joyce. Love and best wishes,
Regis
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