In a collection that sums up Tasha Tudor's philosophy of life and art, she has gathered quotations from authors who have given her joy, and illustrated them with her trademark watercolors, both soft and detailed, warmly nostalgic.
From Shakespeare to Thoreau, from Mark Twain to Omar Khayyam, these quotations will both inspire and delight, encouraging readers to "take joy" as they look deeply at the beauty of the world around them. Tasha Tudor's many fans will be glad to see her familiar corgis reappear in The Springs of Joy, as well as Tasha's own childhood home, blanketed under a winter snowfall opposite a quotation from Coventry Patmore. Tasha has even included her own grandchildern in The Springs of Joy: the little girl on snowshoes is Laura, the boy in the hayloft is Winslow. And the girl admiring the water lilies is Tasha herself.
