New Releases by Susan Wheeler

The question of dwelling, how, where, in what way and in what manner describes a crisis in many professional women s lives especially when living in pursuit of equality becomes dissatisfying and the demands of traditional stereotypes unappealing. Books such as Desiring Practices (1995) demonstrate the need for some sort of shared expression and community to resolve the career frustrations of working academics in traditionally male dominated environments. Documents such as Why Women Leave Practice? (2003) record what is seen as a very real difficulty for the Institution. The important aspect of Irigaray s work for these debates, however, is how she has already begun to unravel the problems women face in contemporary societies. For architects concerned with diversity, her work is an incitement to reformulate this question by thinking how we can positively approach sexual difference as the basis for approaching all other differences. For feminists, Irigaray s philosophy also presents the possibility of a practice (albeit a practice profoundly reconsidered) beyond a simple desire for equality with men but nevertheless, without denying the problem of a culture of discrimination within the profession. Furthermore, for theorists concerned with how we approach the other, the hidden, or the devalued within our discourses her work is motive to take further these theories towards a more radical poetic or artistic practice. The question of dwelling as a reconsideration of coexistence, co-habitation and co-belonging, as relation rethought, extends the problem of the intimate to address issues of the architectural.

Invite a dear mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, or special friend to Holly Pond Hill® where sweet bunnies live in the peace and beauty of a more genteel time. Brimming with fun facts, musical selections, and mouthwatering recipes, they’ll experience the pleasures of taking tea through all seasons, discover the latest in teatime do’s and don’ts, take time for quiet reflection, and find pointers for brewing the perfect pot of tea.

This newest offering from artist Susan Wheeler is a great way for mothers to chronicle the life of their child. Dear Child of Mine is intimately detailed with guided questions, has ample space for journaling special events, and is filled with inspirational quotes and Scriptures. There is plenty of room for mom to share her thoughts on matters of the heart, her reflections on motherhood, and the hopes and dreams she has for her child. This beautifully illustrated journal will become a treasured family heirloom to pass along to future generations.This wonderful keepsake makes a great gift for baby showers, expectant moms, or couples celebrating an adoption.

Susan Wheeler, creator of the fanciful world of Holly Pond Hill RM, presents a delightful cast of characters that portray the peace and beauty of a simpler time, as well as the joy and inspiration Susan finds in her Christian faith. These adorable books continue to celebrate the blessings and special moments of our lives with uplifting quotes, Scriptures, and poems.Sisters will delight in this celebration of sisterhood! This gift book is a great way for sisters to let each other know how much they love and value their friendship. Perfect for birthdays, special occasions, or just because.

"The collection surveys the general, non-didactic historical iconography of medicine and health care. Doctors visiting their patients, satires of therapeutic fads, polemics on vaccination, temperance propaganda, anatomy in art, childbirth scenes, hospital facades, and images of disease are among the scores of subjects significantly represented. The many examples of satire number almost one thousand. The collection also reflects the professional interests of Dr. Fry, a Yale psychiatrist, bringing together many works related to mental illness, including representations of patients, psychiatric institutions, and therapeutic practice." "This researched and organized volume makes available an important collection of prints and drawings and allows comparative study of specific medical themes as they have been portrayed over time by various artists. A sourcebook of medicine in art, the catalogue is designed to be of value to curators, librarians, historians, physicians and art historians."--BOOK JACKET.

Step into the enchanting world of Holly Pond Hill, created by popular watercolor artist Susan Wheeler. Tea with Victoria Rose is the first in a new line of delightful gift books designed to accompany the successful greeting cards, gift collections, home decor, tins, candles, puzzles, fabric, throws, nursery ensembles, nightlights, ornaments, jewelry, and other creative products featuring the genteel world of Holly Pond Hill. Here the love of family and friends is cherished above all worldly possessions and Victoria Rose rejoices as she shares the quiet, reflective side of tea with friends. Brimming with secrets on the art of taking tea, mouthwatering teatime recipes, and stories of the imaginative life of Holly Pond Hill, Tea with Victoria Rose is certain to brighten anyone''s day.

Celebrating the gentle blessing of romantic love, We Belong Together is an ideal gift for a wedding or anniversary.

From their sweet giggles to their first toddling steps, little bundles of love have the amazing ability to capture hearts. Moms-to-be and all who delight in the wonder and innocence of a child will appreciate this adorable celebration of new life.

Today Is Your Day is the perfect way to wish a friend or relative a very happy birthday.

Wheeler''s new series, "Sweet Wishes", celebrates the blessings and special moments of daily life. Victoria Rose, her rabbit family and other cheerful woodland creatures adorn these pages filled with quotations, Scripture verses, poems and other sweet sentiments. "Mom, I Love You" expresses affection and appreciation for Mom on Mother''s day, her birthday or just because.

My Dear Friend lets best friends, siblings, parents or grandparents know how much their presence has brightened and enriched readers'' lives.

Source Codes is a collection about how we represent the world to ourselves and to each other in an era when the images and words we receive are often generated and received without being marked by even a trace of author or consumer. The poems are linked one to the next only by the words that begin and end each; otherwise, there is no stylistic or (on a specific level) thematic connection. They function, then as a “miscellany,” an approximation of the paradoxical finitude in the rush of information and images we believe we experience, hour by hour.The poems and images are not titled except by numbers, by which the reader navigates a key to their sources in the table of contents.“In the fast flow of capital, we need slow space,” and “Information is dark, not light,” the Dutch design group, NL.Design, writes, and in similar spirit, Source Codes is not neutral in intent. Its appendices – HTML code framed by typescript and longhand drafts of poems from this book and poems from the author’s first book, Bag ‘o’ Diamonds – attempt to highlight the idiosyncratic imprint of an individual in the drafting of the HTML. Intended, likewise, is the loss of some authorial romance in the typescript poems and handwritten notes without their losing that quality of like imprint.Many of the individual poems and images seem to treat a bridge – between the homogenous plethora emitting from the fast flow of capital and the individual gesture from within “slow space” – skeptically, and gravely. In this sense, too, it is not a neutral book.

We all have stories to tell about our lives and the lives of people we know. Rebecca Rule and Susan Wheeler help new and experienced writers commit those stories to paper. With a warm, wise, and encouraging voice, they describe the writing process, from the inkling of a subject, to drafts, to specific writing skills, to a final product. Each skill is practical, shown briefly, clearly, with outstanding examples from published as well as student writing to illustrate each point. The book covers critical topics such as: writing not to rehash, but to discover finding a subject and narrowing it writing scenes and dialogue developing conflict stressing important moments and points using outstanding details and facts, time summaries and stretches, flashbacks, endings, and more ways to find meaning and add depth revising and editing curing writer''s block giving and receiving constructive criticism. As practical as Strunk and White''s Elements of Style, but far more warm, detailed, and encouraging, True Stories gives writers everything they need to find their stories and craft them with insight and meaning.

Winner of theFour Way Books Award Series in Poetry selected by Robert Hass. "Susan Wheeler''s Smokes looks like a book that sets itself the task of continuous invention and surprise... It''s like listening to the still chancy and experimental transmission of the post modern vehicle gleefully downshifting into the breezy updrafts of the traditional musics of English verse, and then lurching into the future again. Smokes contains elegies, poems of urban and domestic angst, laments, invectives, cakewalks, struts. It''s very much of the moment but it is also a deeply literary book -- how could it not be? And its confident rueful, and playful grasp of its tradition is eye-opening and, sardonic as it is, boisterous fun." --Robert Hass

This qualitative case study examines how the concept, "art as transformation," functions, conceptually and practically in Peter London''s Institute teaching. "Art as transformation" is an alternative experiential approach to current art education methodologies that promotes personal growth through cohesive, highly structured art encounters. These encounters are based on existential questions that invite students to address issues of ultimate concern in a nonjudgmental atmosphere. Emphasis is on process more than product. Basic concepts that undergird London''s teaching are explored and include art as expression of authenticity, empowerment, sacred language, connection to nature, Zen, and art as transformation. This study concludes that "art as transformation" is a viable and effective approach for art and art education instruction that offers unique opportunities for students to experience art''s original and deeper functions--to empower, to make wiser, to make whole, and to create harmony--for themselves, and thereby to significantly enhance their own becoming.

Authors Rebecca Rule and Susan Wheeler have created a text that teaches students how to scrutinize published prose so they can teach themselves writing skills and techniques.