Download or read book Brush Mind written by Kazuaki Tanahashi and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A humorous book on Zen brushwork and calligraphy. Brush Mind provides insights into the philosophy of art with a collection of writings with only a few simple words. Every other page in the main section of this book shows an imaginative one-stroke painting created in monochrome."--Amazon.com
Download or read book Heart of the Brush written by Kazuaki Tanahashi and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Its history, techniques, aesthetics, and philosophy—with an in-depth practical guide to understanding and drawing 150 characters A guide to the history and enjoyment of Chinese and Japanese calligraphy that offers the possibility of appreciating it in a hands-on way—with step-by-step instructions for brushing 150 classic characters. This book is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the history and art of calligraphy as it's been practiced for centuries in China, Japan, and elsewhere in Asia. It works as a guide for the beginner hoping to develop an appreciation for Asian calligraphy, for the person who wants to give calligraphy-creation a try, as well as for the expert or afficionado who just wants to browse through and exult in lovely examples. It covers the history and development of the art, then the author invites the reader to give it a try. The heart of the book, called "Master Samples and Study," presents 150 characters--from "action" to "zen"--each in a two-page spread. On each verso page the character is presented in three different styles, each one chosen for its beauty and identified by artist when possible. The character's meaning, pronunciation (in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese), etymology, the pictograph from which it evolved, and other notes of interest are included. At the bottom of the page the stroke order is shown: the sequence of brush movements, numbered in their traditional order. On each facing recto page is Kaz's own interpretation of the character, full page.
Download or read book Brush Mind written by Hank Lazer and published by Greencupbooks. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in the Brush Mind series, poet Hank Lazer captures delicious moments with the literal strokes of his pen. Brush Mind began with a special brush pen given to the poet by Buddhist priest/poet Norman Fischer, and owes a debt to the calligraphy work of the great Kazuaki Tanahashi.
Download or read book Calm Your Mind Warm Your Heart written by Dr. Catherine Phillips and published by Brush Education. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a conference several years ago, psychologist Catherine Phillips heard the Dalai Lama say, “The single most important thing you can do for healing is to cultivate a warm heart.” “That's it!” she thought. That one sentence captured what she had learned in more than 15 years of working with cancer patients and their families through the Healing Journey, a program that helps people cope with cancer. In this book, Dr. Phillips brings the intimacy of a support group into the reader's private world. She teaches simple yet effective techniques to promote physical, emotional, and spiritual healing and shares real-life stories from patients about their own experiences through the ups and downs of cancer.
Download or read book Painting Peace written by Kazuaki Tanahashi and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revered modern artist and Zen teacher offers an inspirational account of how his art has been the expression of a life of social activism. “Awakening,” says Kazuaki Tanahashi, “is to realize the infinite value of each moment of your own life as well as of other beings, then to continue to act accordingly.” This book is the record of a life spent acting accordingly: Through his prose, poetry, letters, lyrics, and art, Tanahashi provides an inspirational account of a what it’s been like to work for peace and justice, from his childhood in Japan to the present day. Included are fascinating vignettes of the seminal figures who refined his views--among them Daniel Ellsberg, Gary Snyder, Mayumi Oda, and Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido--as well as striking examples of the art he has so famously used to bear witness to the infinite value of life.
Download or read book The Art of Brush Lettering written by Kelly Klapstein and published by . This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Brush Lettering offers a meditative approach to learning all the facets of lettering with brush pens.
Download or read book My Wandering Dreaming Mind written by Merriam Sarcia Saunders and published by American Psychological Association. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Children who get distracted easily will relate to Sadie and will realize they can focus on their positive qualities." —Oregon Coast Youth Book Preview Center Sadie feels like her thoughts are soaring into the clouds and she can’t bring them back down to earth. She has trouble paying attention, which makes keeping track of schoolwork, friends, chores, and everything else really tough. Sometimes she can only focus on her mistakes. When Sadie talks to her parents about her wandering, dreaming mind, they offer a clever plan to help remind Sadie how amazing she is. Includes a Note to Parents and Caregivers with more information on ADHD, self-esteem, and helping children focus on the positives.
Download or read book The Ch i of the Brush written by Nan Rae and published by . This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begin your voyage into this ancient style of watercolor painting with this georgeous introduction. Learn everything you need to know, from the essential materials and techniques to mounting a completed painting. A selection of classic motifs, freom enchanting flowers to captivating creatures, is accompanied by informative and inspirational textt that guides you through the creative process. With this unique and accesible approach, anyone can experience The Ch'i of the Brush.
Download or read book Brush Pen Lettering written by Grace Song and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create beautiful hand lettering with the first book dedicated entirely to the use and mastery of modern brush pens. Drawing gorgeous letters, words and phrases with a brush pen doesn’t have to be difficult! Brush Pen Lettering will show you how to create your own unique style. To help you on your lettering journey, this comprehensive how-to guide includes: • DIY projects • Tips and Tricks • Color Photographs • Inspiring Ideas • Step-by-step instructions • Practice exercises
Download or read book Brush Mona Lisa s Hair written by Julie Appel and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invites young readers to touch Baroque and Renaissance paintings, including Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa," Botticelli's "Birth of Venus," and Vermeer's "Girl with a Pearl Earring." On board pages.
Download or read book Guide to Mindful Lettering written by Lisa Funk and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-24 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brain Mind and the Structure of Reality written by Paul L. Nunez and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-24 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the brain create the mind, or is some external entity involved? This book synthesizes ideas borrowed from philosophy, religion, and science. Topics range widely from brain imagining of thought processes to quantum mechanics and the essential role of information in brains and physical systems.
Download or read book A Brush with Fire written by Jody Summers and published by JS Books Publishiing. This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Second in the Art of the Dead Series Evil Comes Alive When She Paints With Ashes of the Dead. A murderer is skinning the faces of victims and stretching them over wooden masks, then setting fires and staking the masks into the ground. The faces are left to watch the blazing inferno so that the dead can witness everything burn to the ground. The FBI is at a loss for leads and motives. In desperation, an agent asks New Orleans painter Kira McGovern for help. She is, after all, the painter who solved the cold case of a serial killer when she painted with the ashes of the murderer and unleashed its secrets. Would she paint with the ashes of the victims to see if—by channeling the memories of the dead—she could provide any leads? Reluctantly, Kira agrees. From the moment her ash-swirled paints hit the canvas, she and her fiancé, Sean Easton, realize they’ve tapped into a twisted madness that shakes them both to their core. Worse, somehow, this mad energy senses it’s being hunted and pushes back—with murderous intent. The tables soon turn and it’s Kira who is being hunted. Can she and Sean escape the fiery evil that set its sights on them? Or will they become just two more victims, faces stretched over wooden masks, to witness Sean’s beloved farm burn? Follow Kira's and Sean's mysterious brushes with supernatural evil in the next book in the series, A Brush With Evil.
Download or read book Zen Mind Beginner s Mind written by Shunryu Suzuki and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2020-06-02 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century (Spirituality & Practice) A 50th Anniversary edition of the bestselling Zen classic on meditation, maintaining a curious and open mind, and living with simplicity. "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few." So begins this most beloved of all American Zen books. Seldom has such a small handful of words provided a teaching as rich as has this famous opening line. In a single stroke, the simple sentence cuts through the pervasive tendency students have of getting so close to Zen as to completely miss what it's all about. It is an instant teaching on the first page--and that's just the beginning. In the fifty years since its original publication, Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind has become one of the great modern spiritual classics, much beloved, much reread, and much recommended as the best first book to read on Zen. Suzuki Roshi presents the basics--from the details of posture and breathing in zazen to the perception of nonduality--in a way that is not only remarkably clear, but that also resonates with the joy of insight from the first to the last page.
Download or read book The Pen and the Brush written by Anka Muhlstein and published by Other Press, LLC. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scintillating glimpse into the lives of acclaimed writers and artists and their inspiring, often surprising convergences, from the author of Monsieur Proust's Library With the wit and penetration well known to readers of Anka Muhlstein’s previous books, The Pen and the Brush revisits the delights of the French novel. This time she focuses on late 19th- and 20th-century writers--Balzac, Zola, Proust, Huysmans, and Maupassant--through the lens of their passionate involvement with the fine arts. She delves into the crucial role that painters play as characters in their novels, which she pairs with an exploration of the profound influence that painting exercised on the novelists' techniques, offering an intimate view of the intertwined worlds of painters and writers at the time. Muhlstein's deftly chosen vignettes bring to life a portrait of the nineteenth century's tight-knit artistic community, where Cézanne and Zola befriended each other as boys and Balzac yearned for the approval of Delacroix. She leads the reader on a journey of spontaneous discovery as she explores how a great painting can open a mind and spark creative fire.
Download or read book Genocide of the Mind written by MariJo Moore and published by Bold Type Books. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After five centuries of Eurocentrism, many people have little idea that Native American tribes still exist, or which traditions belong to what tribes. However over the past decade there has been a rising movement to accurately describe Native cultures and histories. In particular, people have begun to explore the experience of urban Indians -- individuals who live in two worlds struggling to preserve traditional Native values within the context of an ever-changing modern society. In Genocide of the Mind, the experience and determination of these people is recorded in a revealing and compelling collection of essays that brings the Native American experience into the twenty-first century. Contributors include: Paula Gunn Allen, Simon Ortiz, Sherman Alexie, Leslie Marmon Silko, and Maurice Kenny, as well as emerging writers from different Indian nations.
