
Beginning Again
Reflections on Art as Spiritual Practice
Deborah J. Haynes(Author)
Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published on 26. September 2018
174 pages
978-1-5326-3942-5 (ISBN)
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What does it mean to become and work as an artist today? What unique challenges do artists face in the twenty-first century, and what skills are required to overcome them? How might art become an expression of spiritual life? In addressing these and other questions, Deborah J. Haynes offers reflections that range from the practical to the deeply philosophical. She explores challenging ideas: impermanence, suffering, and the inevitability of death; the virtues of generosity, kindness, and compassion; and more abstract concepts such as negative capability, groundlessness, and wisdom. Individual chapters are framed by personal stories and images from the artist's work.
Beginning Again: Reflections on Art as Spiritual Practice is a personal statement, born from the author's experience as an artist, writer, teacher, and Buddhist practitioner. Haynes writes for artists--and for all exploring the relationship of their creativity to the inner life. For Haynes, making and looking at art can be a form of meditation and prayer, a space for solitude, silence, and living in the present.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Eugene
United States
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978-1-5326-3942-5 (9781532639425)
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Deborah J. Haynes is Professor Emerita of Art and Art History at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is both a writer and artist. Her books include Art Lessons (2003), Book of This Place (2009), Spirituality and Growth on the Leadership Path (2012), and Bakhtin Reframed (2013). Her website is www.DeborahJHaynes.com.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: The Artist
- Chapter 2: Drawing
- Chapter 3: Writing
- Chapter 4: Reading
- Chapter 5: The Fire of Adversity
- Chapter 6: Inner Work
- Chapter 7: Ritual
- Chapter 8: Closing This Place: A Ritual in Parts
- Chapter 9: Sacred Space
- Chapter 10: The Studio
- Chapter 11: Religion and Spirituality
- Chapter 12: The Teacher
- Chapter 13: Mind Training
- Chapter 14: Meditation and Art
- Chapter 15: Whose Tradition?
- Chapter 16: Knowing and Being
- Chapter 17: Values and Virtues
- Chapter 18: Nature
- Chapter 19: Taking Your Seat
- Chapter 20: Art and Life
- Chapter 21: Art as a Path of Wisdom
- Appendix: A Manifesto
- References and Suggested Reading
- About the Author
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