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Collection of Poetry and Prose
Received 4 out of 5 stars
Review:
Evan Shaw’s desire to enlighten the world with his internal treasures is truly exemplified in his first book, Collection of Poetry and Prose. In the beginning of the book, I was a little undecided of where Mr. Shaw’s poetic voice would display his zeal. I was made fully aware of his voice in the piece called “The New Atlantis.” Although the premise of “The New Atlantis” overlaps with the ideas and works of Plato, the ideas within the work were very inspirational. I was intrigued by the tour guides in the piece explaining that “Education is very important to us here… we focus on cultivating student’s passions.” This notation and Mr. Shaw’s thoughts about America’s current educational system, reminded me of reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. Within the book, Mr. Kiyosaki discussed how managing one’s finance was not always taught in schools or homes. I recognized this as being the same aspect that Mr. Shaw was trying to illustrate in his discussion about developing one’s passion at school.
Received 4 out of 5 stars
Review:
Evan Shaw’s desire to enlighten the world with his internal treasures is truly exemplified in his first book, Collection of Poetry and Prose. In the beginning of the book, I was a little undecided of where Mr. Shaw’s poetic voice would display his zeal. I was made fully aware of his voice in the piece called “The New Atlantis.” Although the premise of “The New Atlantis” overlaps with the ideas and works of Plato, the ideas within the work were very inspirational. I was intrigued by the tour guides in the piece explaining that “Education is very important to us here… we focus on cultivating student’s passions.” This notation and Mr. Shaw’s thoughts about America’s current educational system, reminded me of reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. Within the book, Mr. Kiyosaki discussed how managing one’s finance was not always taught in schools or homes. I recognized this as being the same aspect that Mr. Shaw was trying to illustrate in his discussion about developing one’s passion at school.
Mr. Shaw continued to impress me with his writing as his work
revealed his respect and openness about various cultures (Indian, Egyptian, Greek,
Chinese, etc.). He spoke of Gautama Buddha,” the Great Sphinx of Giza, Sophocles,
Lao Tzu, and more. One of my favorite pieces in his book was called “The School
of Life.” He starts off by saying that “The world is a great classroom.” This very
quote reminded me of something I generally say to help encourage others; life is
the best teacher. This means that we do not always know where life will lead us
and that sometimes our experience in life shows us the best path to take. The piece
ended with such clear direction; “As Jesus said, ‘build your house on a rock,’
develop a solid foundation – a strong character. Then all else will be added.”
I recommend this book as a good read with similar
insightfulness as Napolean Hill’s book, Think
and Grow Rich. Mr. Shaw’s collection will prepare you for the journey of
developing your mind in a way, which will attract success and like forces.
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