Styles for Flourishing

Styles for Flourishing
Author: Gabriel Alejandro Torres Colón
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2024-11-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0231560729

Racial experiences vary widely in everyday life and in different social contexts. They range from damaging to fulfilling, spanning discrimination, unquestioned assumptions, and political solidarity. Drawing on years of cross-cultural ethnographic research, Gabriel Alejandro Torres Colón develops an innovative theory to grasp racial experiences in their full sociocultural complexity, with vital implications for both social science and antiracist politics. This book demonstrates how people draw from their experiences to fashion “styles for flourishing”—embodied strategies for survival in racialized societies that can both reproduce and contest racial orders. In performing their styles, individuals embrace their racialized selves and communities, helping them flourish in broader social worlds. They are able to creatively reconfigure racialized existence into desires for recognition, expressions of resistance, and aspirations for alternative political orders. Torres Colón explores how styles develop within “racial niches” through nuanced considerations of a boxing gym in the U.S. Rust Belt, Afro–Puerto Rican community organizing in an ancestral mangrove forest, and Muslim political activism in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa. Each case highlights nuanced dimensions of racial experience to question how local efforts are seen in political ideologies and governance. Bringing together humanistic, social scientific, and biological approaches with compelling ethnographic detail, this interdisciplinary book provides generative theoretical insights regarding race and critical new perspective on racial inequality in liberal democracies.

The Universal Penman

The Universal Penman
Author: George Bickham
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 223
Release: 1941-01-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0486206165

"An essential part of any art library, and a book of permanent value not affected by seasonal styles." — American Artist. Here is Bickham's famous treasury of English roundhand calligraphy from 1740. Includes 125 pictorial scenes, over 200 script pictures, 19 complete animals, 275 lettered specimens, more than 100 panels, frames, cartouches, and other effects, and more.

Flourish

Flourish
Author: Michael Pawlyn
Publisher:
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781913743260

Fearless Flourishing

Fearless Flourishing
Author: Alissa Chojnacki
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2019-01-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1612438881

Take your lettering to the next level with beautiful, stylish flourishes. You’ve mastered every letter, from capital A to lowercase z. Now you want your hand-drawn projects to have the ornate and extravagant look that is only achieved through flourishing. Whether you go for a delicate, stately, whimsical, bold, funky, or elegant look, flourishing is a wonderful way to develop a personal style and make your hand-lettering stand out. From basic theories and helpful practices to beautiful examples and complex compositions, this step-by-step workbook provides all the tools you need to flourish with confidence! • Elegant Letter Embellishments • Fanciful Flourishes & Filigree • Decorative Borders & Frames • Stylish Artistic Elements

Flourishing

Flourishing
Author: Maureen Gaffney
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2011-10-27
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0141970499

'A realistic approach to positive thinking' Sunday Times Do you want to be better at pursuing goals, grasping opportunities and facing set-backs? Do you want to FLOURISH? Psychologist Maureen Gaffney believes that in an increasingly uncertain world it is not only possible for us to flourish but essential that we take steps to do so. In Flourishing she shows you how to: Achieve a deeper sense of well-being, meaning and purpose Use adversity as a positive turning point Train your mind to pay attention Master your emotions and focus on your goals This gripping, stimulating and inspiring book will help you change your life for the better. Get ready to flourish!

The Calligraphy Ideas Book

The Calligraphy Ideas Book
Author: Lyndsey Gribble
Publisher: Ilex Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2020-10-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1781577889

Expand, inspire and invigorate your calligraphy practice today. Packed with fresh ideas for calligraphy techniques, styles and subjects, this book is a visual feast of inspiration for all abilities, whether you're new to calligraphy or looking to reinvigorate your practice. Boost your creativity with the help of more than 80 artworks by contemporary, international calligraphers, each demonstrating an interesting or innovative approach. Techniques include hot foiling, laser cutting and brush calligraphy, as well as general inspiration such as practising calligraphy on baubles, making calligraphy wrapping paper and customising your own tools. Explore both new and old methods and discover the basic skills to excel at this ancient art form. The art of calligraphy is the ultimate way to relax, restore and create beautiful pieces of art - and this book is sure to renew your creativity.

Education for Human Flourishing

Education for Human Flourishing
Author: Paul D. Spears
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2009-09-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0830828125

Far from offering a thin patina of "niceness" spread over standard educational philosophy, Steven Loomis and Paul Spears set forth a vigorous Christian philosophy of education that seeks to transform the practice of education. Beginning with a robust view of human nature, they build a case for a decidedly Christian view of education that still rightfully takes its place within the marketplace of public education.

Strong and Weak

Strong and Weak
Author: Andy Crouch
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2022-11-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830847103

Two common temptations lure us away from abundant living: withdrawing into safety and grasping for power. However, with the characteristic insight, memorable stories, and hopeful realism he is known for, Andy Crouch argues that true flourishing comes when strength and weakness are combined in every human life and community.

Script Lettering for Artists

Script Lettering for Artists
Author: Tommy Thompson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 130
Release: 1965-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0486213110

Copiously illustrated by foremost script designer, this complete course covers all the basics for commercial artists: tools, materials, various letter styles, and more.