Succulent Wild Woman by Sark
Catherine’s Review:
Rebecca gave me this book in 1999. There is an inscription she wrote on the first page that says, ” Cathy, nurture the beautiful you inside.” At the time I was in a relationship that was spiraling down a harsh path, but I wasn’t able to see it. Everyone around me did.
When I read this book, I cried and laughed. But mostly I identified with the woman who wrote it. I’d like to say that I left the relationship because of the lessons and examples in this book, but I didn’t. I stayed another 8 years.
I’m coming back around to this book because of the joyful exuberance with which it’s written. It’s done in such a way that it’s like you’ve picked up someone’s diary and began flipping through it. There are interesting little drawings and illustrations that go with each annecdote, or aha moment she discusses. No topic is really off limits in this little book.
It’s very much about her journey to herself, a journey I’ve been on for the last couple of years. I’m excited to reread this book now, on the other side of a few life altering experiences. I’ll be able to relate to it on a different level now, but I also think there will be nuggets in it that I missed the first time around.
Rebecca’s Review:
This book gave me permission and encouragement to think and create with a child’s open heart. We forget that as we grow older. SARK is not coloring within the lines and she is not following strict book format and it is wonderful to experience that.
You can’t go wrong with a book that begins with, “This is a book about celebrating being a succulent wild woman. It means living fully, richly, rarely and reveling in ordinary and extraordinary moments.” Sounds like a good life to me. She doodles drawings and offers some very personal thoughts and observations that I appreciated pondering. The book is about how she is loving and caring for herself and the path she took to get to some powerful realizations. It ends with this encouragement: “Draw out the wild women — in yourself and others. We were born to be wild, I assure you. Just look at our bodies — wild containers for our great big hearts.”
I encourage you to pick up this book and see how it makes you think about succulence in your life.
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