Advice from an Angel: Life, Love, Art and the Cosmos According to Joe

He's a young, low-ranking, art-loving member of the angelic hierarchy, and his name is Joe.

In 1998 I "met" him while experimenting with using my less-dominant hand to write answers to the big questions I had about my life. Soon my left hand was channeling this loving, helpful, funny, sometimes painfully honest spirit as he explained his role (and mine) in the cosmic plan, offered daily support, and helped me to come into my own as an artist.

In the wide-ranging angelic observations that...