Monthly Archives: May 2009

We Write To Taste Life Twice

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.”
—Anaïs Nin

This is a greeting card from Paper Lantern..design is done and copyrighted @ Lindsay Whiting 1995 available from:

Paper Lantern
PO Box 1871
Boyes Hot Springs, CA 95416
707-996-0302

We are writing the company to see if we can purchase some
sets…thought others might like to know about the card…on the back is this information about Anaïs:

Anaïs Nin (1903-1977)
Born in Paris to aristocratic artist parents, Nin’s early years were spent in the company of some of the finest artists of the day. In 1914, her father abandoned the family, and Nin emigrated to the U.S. with her mother. On a ship bound for N.Y., Nin began the journal that would evolve into the most acclaimed of her literary career. largely self-taught, she left school at age 15, became a fashion and artist’s model and studied Spanish dance. Nin was intensely

interested in unraveling women’s inner lives. she underwent psychoanalysis, and even became a lay analyst. Along with other writers, she established Siana Editions to publish her work that was thought to be too controversial for the time. Through her novels, essays and short stories, and love affairs with men and women, Nin gained her reputation as a literary artist and sexual icon. She is best known for her relentlessly introspective diaries, comprised of 11 volumes from 1914-1974.