James Castle (18991977) never learned to speak, read, or writeand left his native state of Idaho only onceand yet he created a wide range of extraordinary works that resonate with much of 20th-century art. This book offers the first critical exploration of the many creative genres of this self-taught artist, who first came to notice in the 1950s and 1960s but has only recently been recognized by major museums.
Lavishly illustrated with more than 300 full-color reproductions and packaged with an original documentary DVD illuminating fascinating aspects of his life and art, this book examines Castle’s drawings, color-wash works, idiosyncratic cardboard and paper constructions, and word, sign, and symbol pieces. As a child he developed his favorite medium and method of working, mixing stove soot with saliva and applying this ink” with sharpened sticks and cotton wads to such found materials as product packaging and discarded paper. These everyday materials have given his works a singular, immediate, and appealing natural quality.
This engaging volume considers Castle’s remarkable art from a variety of perspectives, examining his life, modes of depiction, working methods and materials, and the visual poetry” of his text works.

James Castle: A Retrospective

Arts & Photography

Wolf, Jeffrey

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Few people today question the “fact” that the average natural lifespan of human beings is 70-80 years, the biblical “threescore years and ten [or] fourscore years” (Ps. 90:10, KJV). Jeff Wolf is one of those few. His startling and revolutionary premise in this book is that God’s purpose as revealed in the Bible is that His people routinely live full lives averaging 120 years in length. In other words, Christians should expect to live 120 years, on average. Jeff contends that the church’s general assumption of the shorter span of years as “normal” for believers is based partly on culture but is due mainly to a misreading of Scripture; in particular, Genesis 6:3 “…his days shall be an hundred and twenty years” (KJV) and Psalm 90, especially verse 10. Backing up his claim with Scriptural support throughout, Jeff builds a compelling case for an average lifespan of 120 years as God’s desired norm for His people. He links this longevity not only to proper diet and care of the body, but even more importantly to a holy life of humble submission to the will and purpose of God; a life characterized by intimacy, obedience, communion, faith, prayer and, ultimately, the grace of God.

Living To Be 120: Fulfilling God's Full Purposes For Your Life

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

eGen Co. LLC

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