{"product_id":"heart-a-personal-journey-through-its-myths-and-meanings","title":"Heart:  A Personal Journey Through Its Myths And Meanings","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription for HEART:  A PERSONAL JOURNEY THROUGH ITS MYTHS AND MEANINGS by Gail Godwin:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Italians have a musical notation not found in any other language: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003etempo giusto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 'the right tempo.' It means a steady, normal heat, between 66 and 76 on the metronome. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTempo giusto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the appropriate heat of the human heart.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the preeminent literary artists of our time turns her attention, her profound insight, and her passion to humankind's most enduring, important, evocative, and provocative symbol:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is heart? It is the muscle of life, sending our most vital fluid coursing through our veins to every striving hungry part of our being. It is what keeps us striving against impossible odds; that fortifying something that is the cornerstone of every triumph. It elates us when we discover love and pains us greatly when that love is lost or proves unrequited. It is a gentleness that colors what we give to others. It is a symbol that we see on greeting cards: a small, red shape that was drawn on the wall of a cave in Spain more than 12,000 years ago\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this truly remarkable work, acclaimed, bestselling author Gall Godwin takes us on a breathtaking journey of the heart that spans the entire history of human civilization, combining literature, myth, religion, philosophy, medicine, the fine arts, and intensely personal stories from the writer's own past to explore the full and complex character of that unique symbol. Brimming with intelligence and wit, Godwin's explorations and meditations brilliantly track themes of the heart in life, legend, and art -- from the first valentine to the first stethoscope, from Gilgamesh to Confucius, from the heart of darkness to wearing one is heart on one's sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere is a gift of the heart from an eminent American writer at the pinnacle of her creative talents. It is a work of extraordinary power, creativity, scholarship, and passion. Lively and moving, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHeart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers us a profound new look at where we come from and what has sustained us across millennia-in short, what it is that makes us human.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connies Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543146729688,"sku":"","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/9099\/4904\/files\/HeartGodwin.jpg?v=1750343909","url":"https:\/\/conniesbookshelf.com\/products\/heart-a-personal-journey-through-its-myths-and-meanings","provider":"Connies Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}