{"product_id":"a-second-wind-reimagined-jerry-wennstrom-9781591813170","title":"A Second Wind, Reimagined: Art Resurrected","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Second Wind\u003c\/i\u003e is a retrospective arrangement of beautiful new photographs of Jerry Wennstrom's artwork, by Seattle architectural photographer, Andrew van Leeuwen, and earlier pictures spanning a period of over 50 years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book's 260 pages include rescued images of his destroyed paintings; (in 1979) a creative act of liberation and the turning point of Wennstrom's life where he gave himself to becoming and living the creation by giving away his possession, abandoning the life of a studio painter, and living a monk-like life for over a decade. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRepresenting Wennstrom's \"Second Wind\" of art, the book also features colorful full-page spreads of the exotic, archetypal carved figures that came later. Wennstrom speaks to the new level of creative freedom by saying in the book; Art abandoned for the meaningful allurement of a higher calling ... and the return to art without compulsion, for no reason at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncluded in the book are many stories -- both art-related and transformational -- written by the author along with \"creative responses\" by over 50 notables who have been impressed with Wennstrom's works over the decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThose responses include stories and creative expressions by and of cultural anthropologists Margaret Mead and Jean Houston; Jungian analysts and scholars Marion Woodman, Claire Dunne, and Corwin Fergus; psychologists\/drug researchers Ralph Metzner and Christopher Bache; cosmologist Brian Swimme, storytellers Laura Simms and Vi Hilbert; poet David Whyte, artist Deborah Koff-Chapin and visionary financiers Charlie Hess and Vici Robin; the Dalai Lama's Gyuto monks, and even legendary chanteuse Lotte Lenya (of The Threepenny Opera and \u003ci\u003eFrom Russia With Love\u003c\/i\u003e fame).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerry Wennstrom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1591813174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781591813170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sentient Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Jerry Wennstrom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962168529151,"sku":"9781591813170","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_504c94b3-0e83-4ff7-a42a-3448481bee2e.jpg?v=1750649528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-second-wind-reimagined-jerry-wennstrom-9781591813170","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}