Art as Contemplative Practice: Expressive Pathways to the Self

Art as yoga and meditation for artists, contemplative practitioners, art educators, and art therapists.

Drawing upon his personal experience as a practitioner-researcher, visual artist, and cancer survivor, Michael A. Franklin offers a rich and thought-provoking guide to art as contemplative practice. His firsthand experience and original artwork complement this extensive discussion by consulting various practice traditions including yoga, rasa and darshan experiences, imaginal intelligence, and the contemplative instincts of select early twentieth-century artists. From this synthesis, Franklin suggests that we treat art as a form of yoga and meditation with the potential to awaken deeper insight into the fundamental nature of the Self. Exercises and rubrics are included that offer accessible instruction for any artist, meditation or yoga practitioner, art educator, or art therapist.

Author: Michael A. Franklin
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 01/02/2018
Pages: 340
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781438464329

About the Author

Michael A. Franklin is Professor and Chair of the Graduate Transpersonal Art Therapy Program at Naropa University.

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