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Mindful Thoughts for Artists Georgina Hooper

Mindful Thoughts for Artists By Georgina Hooper

Mindful Thoughts for Artists by Georgina Hooper


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Summary

From embracing imperfection to finding flow, Georgina Hooper explores how the quiet practice of mindful making is intrinsic to true wellbeing.

Mindful Thoughts for Artists Summary

Mindful Thoughts for Artists: Finding flow & creating calm by Georgina Hooper

From connecting with community to discovering your unique way of creating, this book explores the rich rewards of making art mindfully.

Art in all its beautiful forms and mediums is a powerful form of expression and meditation. In Mindful Thoughts for Artists, Georgina Hooper illustrates how the act of painting allows us to access the calm that dwells within, and acts as a powerful catalyst for pleasure, acceptance and growth.

Awash with colorful splashings of art history, and peppered with the rich teachings of the Ch'an Buddhists, this lovingly-crafted little book explores how this meditative medium helps us to embrace ourselves in all our different hues.

Appealing to all artists, this curated collection of 25 reflections encourages creators to live in the moment, to observe the beauty in everything, and above all, to ensure that the creative process is driven by love and enjoyment.

From focussing on the process not the product, to learning to see by slowing down and devoting time to our surroundings, this book will take you on a journey both in your art and in yourself, leading to a happier, creatively free and more mindful self!

About Georgina Hooper

Georgina Hooper is a visual artist, painter and lecturer based in Australia. She trained as a yoga teacher after 6 months of artists' residences in China and Japan, and her work is in personal collections across the world including a 100 year ceiling installation in a Buddhist temple in Japan. She is also an arts researcher, specializing in Eastern artistic traditions, visual language and the philosophies that underpin them. As part of her practice-led research she draws together neurology and art history to understand how painting as concentrated meditation can shape the brain and bring about enlightenment.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Creative Path
Behind the Veil
Art & Historical Mindfulness
The Aesthetic Experience
The Writhing Sea & the Deep Ocean
The Inner Critic
The Marvel of Mistakes
Cultivating Trust
The Process not the Product
The Spirit of the Brush
Learning to See
Artist, Amateur or Apprentice?
Artistic Community
Artful Silence
Painting with the Breath
Mindful Awareness of the Body
Creative Space
Habit, Routine & Ritual
Artist's Block
Riddles with No Answer
The Rhythm of Your Work
Beginning & Beginning Again
Art Journals
The Magic in Making
The Artist as Farmer
You are the Product
Acknowledgements

Additional information

GOR011706763
9780711252875
0711252874
Mindful Thoughts for Artists: Finding flow & creating calm by Georgina Hooper
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Quarto Publishing PLC
20200901
160
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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