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Andy Couturier is an essayist, poet and writing teacher. He lived in Japan for 4 years, where he taught, was a journalist, and worked on environmental causes. His first book is Writing Open the Mind and he has written for The Japan Times, Adbusters, The North American Review, Kyoto Journal, and The Oakalnd Tribune. He is the director The Opening, a center for courses in writing. http://theopening.org" ...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 793 ratings · 136 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Abundance of Less: Lessons in Simple Living from Rural Japan 4.15 avg rating — 630 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance 4.31 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Open the Mind: Tapping the Subconscious to Free the Writing and the Writer 4.03 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If you have time, a lot of things are enjoyable. Making this type of woodblock, or collecting the wood for the fire, or even cleaning things - it's all enjoyable and satisfying if you give yourself time - Nakamura.”
― Andy Couturier, The Abundance of Less: Lessons in Simple Living from Rural Japan

tags: anthropology, japan, minimalism, personal-growth, simple-living, sustainable-living

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“Why is it that so many people start to value money so much that they trade in most of the hours and years of their life in order to get it?”
― Andy Couturier, A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance

tags: community, environmentalism, green, japan, sustainability

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“Time is what we have in this life, and how we use it determines what our life is.”
― Andy Couturier, A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance

tags: community, environmentalism, green, japan, sustainability, time

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