Drawing Out The Dragons: A Meditation on Art, Destiny, and the Power of Choice

by James A. Owen

[Terri M. LeBlanc]

Everyone has an amazing story. However, not every amazing story is inspiring. I don't quite recall how I discovered [a:James A. Owen|19733|James A. Owen|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1267396619p2/19733.jpg], but I do known that his novel, [b:Here, There Be Dragons|34908|Here, There Be Dragons (Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica, #1)|James A. Owen|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347702915s/34908.jpg|2498824], and the subsequent books in the Imaginarium Geographica series appealed to the Peter Pan that still resides inside of me. It wasn't until I connected with James via Facebook and his blog that I discovered his inspiring tale, which he shares in this, his first book in his Meditations series, [b:Drawing Out the Dragons: A Meditation on Art, Destiny, and the Power of Choice|17085965|Drawing Out the Dragons A Meditation on Art, Destiny, and the Power of Choice|James A. Owen|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1358209830s/17085965.jpg|15864752]

As a rising star in the industry, James encountered many setbacks, victories and course corrections in quest to publish his own comics. This aspiring Merchant Philosopher seemingly has experienced it all and has found the strength to carry on when many of us may have given up on our own dreams. With each instance James shares, he explains how his choices made him a successful author and artist and has allowed him to live his dream.

Drawing Out the Dragons is truly an inspiring memoir. Owen does not talk down the reader or boast that he is better than the reader because he has overcome all these obstacles. The wonderful thing about this memoir is that each reader that I’ve passed it along to since it was first published in 2011 has found something that resonates with him or her. For me, as an aspiring photographer, it is the following quote that appears in the first pages of the book and the final pages.

Magic is real. And worth looking for.

Thank you, James, for being one of the people in this crazy world that has inspired me to keep looking and has showed me where to look.