A story of a remarkable eleven year old girl named Emma and the unlikely friendship she develops with a fifty year old artist. Emma has an uncanny ability to interpret and help the artist understand what experiences in his life have influenced his paintings. Does she possess a special intuitive "gift" or does she just have a vivid imagination for an eleven year old? Through his friendship with Emma, the artist finds closure on some painful personal tragedies and happiness with the course his life has taken. "Through the Eyes of Emma" is Jim Lively's third book containing images of his art...

Based on thirteen original paintings, the idea behind the images in this book of photographs, paintings and video stills was to explore and probe the essence of two words - burnt orange. Despite the obvious relation of the color to my home state alma mater, this book is for anyone who may find himself consciously giving chance towards an unchartered yet exhilarating new calling or who may have been unwillingly escorted from the stage of his career. If truth be told, an emotional chord resonated powerfully within me during the ongoing search and discovery of my own burnt orange while creating...

This book is very close to being autobiographical. Nonetheless, it is fiction although the characters and events were closely inspired by real people and actual events. I have been asked many times by friends, my reasons for writing a book. My typical response to this question is that I felt compelled to write about my experiences in what I considered in some ways a unique corporate environment. While my experiences as a corporate lawyer are not unique, I thought that perhaps my perspective on these experiences might be distinctive and insightful. I firmly believe that not only my former...