Dear Artist: A Love Letter

Have you ever read anything by Dr. Jaiya John? Be prepared to have your heart steeped in an indescribable Love. I am *only* nine pages in as a I pause to write this review and tears have been streaming down my face since I opened this book. It started with the “Acknowledgment and Dedication” page; you know the preface page that one usually hurriedly rushes through or skips altogether? Well, I actually read it and wasn’t prepared to be swept up so quickly in the currents of Love and taken into the depths of my heart. One day I imagine myself buying a plethora of Dr. Jaiya Johns books and gifting them to unexpected people in unexpected places….Coffee shops, waiting rooms, a stranger in passing. The world needs Dr. Jaiya John. I am so grateful for the Love that pours through his sacred art✨~Alesha~

For any artist or creative this book will inspire your heart 💝

This is a book that I have already started gifting to all my creative friends. The first few pages are so nourishing and I find myself underlining certain lines or earmarking certain pages. Jaiya John has a gift of speaking straight to the heart, airing out fears and holding the reader tenderly through the highs and lows of the creative journey.

This is the perfect gift for the artist in your life or really just anyone you care about, including yourself! Jaiya’s words paint a masterpiece. Reading from this book each day improves upon everything!

I like to open this book randomly to a page and my soul is always fed by the words that I read. Jaiya shares heart based messages that moves me back to my center, back to my breath, and deeply connected to my emotions and soul. I am always surprised by how I respond. I am learning confidence in my self as an artist. I feel such hope.Page .87. - An Artist is flowering, even in dormancy. A perpetual gathering of seeds.

This is one of my favorite books of Jaiya John. If you have not read Jaiya's poetry, be prepared to be radically moved. I have shared poems from this book with loved ones, in men's groups and communities, and with people I work with, and they have consistently brought people to tears. Profound poetry, like Rumi's and Hafiz's for instance, will tend to do that. And so does Jaiya's writing (and speaking).