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Veganism for Creative Transformation
by Camille DeAngelis
Coral Gables
Copyright © 2019 Camille DeAngelis
Cover & Layout Design: Jermaine Lau
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A Bright Clean Mind: Veganism for Creative Transformation
ISBN: (p) 978-1-64250-074-5
LCCN: 2019941802
BISAC: SEL009000, SELF-HELP / Creativity
For Mumsy,
who made every word possible.
“Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are.”
—Thich Nhat Hanh
Table of Contents
How to Use Google to Learn about Veganism
Common Stereotypes and Misconceptions about Vegans and Veganism
Lighting the Lamps in the Mind and Heart
To Learn Something Is to Lose Something
Part II: Experiments and Explorations + Conversations with Vegan Artists
A Conversation with Yitzy Holton-Hinshaw and Colin Weeks
All This Power, How Can I Be Afraid?
A Conversation with Josephine Skapare
Soft Animal Bodies, Yours and Mine and Theirs
A Q&A with Fiber Artist Heidi Braacx
A Conversation with Nava Atlas
A Conversation with Cynthia King
A Conversation with Janyce Denise Glasper
A Conversation with Alec Thibodeau