In 2012 Lisa Congdon brought us the 365 days of hand lettering, and now she brings us the same whimsical quotations in print: Whatever You Are, Be a Good One: 100 Inspirational Quotations Hand-Lettered. She is one of my heroes. I have been working on my own hand lettering side project, and I just adore her work. I am super excited to have her new book in hand on April 1st. Each hand lettered quote offers words of wisdom about how to live a good life. A perfect gift for graduates, those amidst a career change, or anyone looking for inspiration.
Update, April 15th: I have the book in hand and it’s better than I imagined! It has high quality printing with a beautiful debossed hard cover. Here’s a few of my favorite pages:
Maria Popova, the creator of Brain Pickings, calls Whatever You Are Be a Good One a “modern-day counterpart” to Tolstoy’s Calendar of Wisdom, a “compendium of timeless wisdom on life” that “falls partway between Tolstoy and Tumblr.” Maria Popova goes on to say:
Whatever You Are, Be a Good One is a treat in its entirety, of which you get out exactly what you put in — when approached lightly and superficially, it is simply a beautiful “gift book” of hand-lettered art; when considered with care, it becomes an existential anchor of timeless wisdom on the art of living.
I couldn’t agree more.
Via Lisa Congdon and Brain Pickings.