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John Lane

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in Beaford, England, The United Kingdom

July 10, 1930

Died

August 17, 2012

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John Lane (1930-2012) was an English painter, writer, and art editor of Resurgence magazine.

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Average rating: 3.82 · 524 ratings · 70 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Timeless Simplicity: Creative Living in a Consumer Society 3.79 avg rating — 405 ratings — published 2000 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spirit of Silence: Making Space for Creativity by John Lane, Clifford Harper (Illustrator) 3.93 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2006 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Timeless Beauty 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Art of Ageing: Inspiration for a Positive and Abundant Later Life really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Images of Earth & Spirit: A Resurgence Art Anthology by John Lane (Editor), Satish Kumar (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devon's Churches by John Lane, Harland Walshaw it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living Tree: Art and the Sacred it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Snake's Tail Full of Ants: Art Ecology and Consciousness (Resurgence Book) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Arts centres: Every town should have one 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1978 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Praise of Devon: A Guide to Its People, Places and Character 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The industrialist was horrified to find the fisherman lying beside his boat, smoking a pipe. - Why aren’t you fishing?, said the industrialist. - Because I have caught enough fish for the day. - Why don’t you catch some more? - What would I do with them? - Earn more money. Then you could have a motor fixed to your boat and go into deeper waters and catch more fish. That would bring you money to buy nylon nets, so more fish, more money. Soon you would have enough to buy two boats even a fleet of boats. Then you could be rich like me. - What would I do then? - Then you could sit back and enjoy life. - What do you think I’m doing now?”
― John Lane, Timeless Simplicity: Creative Living in a Consumer Society

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“It is not things in themselves that trouble us, but our opinion of things,” he observed.”
― John Lane, Timeless Simplicity: Creative Living in a Consumer Society

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“It is also to choose to live more mindfully. It is to have direct and wholehearted participation in life: the taste and touch of actual things; the experience of the moment; the delight inherent in creative doing. Lose the possibilities of such experiences and a sense of boredom can begin its subtle but insidious invasion of the human heart. It is then that we most feel the need to fill the vacuum with a consoling substitute: another dress, another computer game or holiday. It is not acquisitiveness but boredom which can lead to regular and compulsory shopping — ‘ retail therapy’ — as a relief from the lacuna of an unfulfilled life. My experience tells me that the”
― John Lane, Timeless Simplicity: Creative Living in a Consumer Society

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