Alright, if I had to be a teacher (which I am 90% sure would be a bad idea since I am not especially gifted in the area of patience) and could choose what my course would be, I would base it solely on "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" by Gertrude Stein. This book mainly takes place between 1907 and 1932. I don't usually like history and how it is hard to relate to, but the way that this book was written made the dates secondary and the experiences were ones I would love to know. There were a few things that reminded me of my modern day (cars & electricity) but the majority of the book was all about relationships with artists and their work and living with what they were able to. Appreciating the simple things in life, saying what one means and mean what one says, doing what your heart tells you to, and being confident in yourself. These are some things Ms. Toklas learned as she spent her time with Gertrude Stein. It inspires me to want to learn more about the people she associated herself with: Picasso, Matisse, and Hemingway; just to name a few. The way they built each other up and saw life as an artist possible.
It's a book that I have given five stars to, which is rare. I am going to buy it and a few other books of Stein's and make a nice place for them on top of my library shelf which is strictly reserved for books I have read and will read again and recommend. I started to take notes of things mentioned in the book that I want to research more of, but it started to get out of control and I was writing more than reading so I decided to stop jotting things down and come back through it once I had a one-down of the whole thing.
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