the awakened eye - contents cloud

encounters with nondual awareness

empty canvas :
wondering mind
an art curriculum designed to foster inquiry and creativity; a series of nine free e-books

shambhala art
~ dharma art program

zen
mountain
monastery
~ zen arts program

breathscribe
~ an artist lays out her
lifetide, breath by breath

Art is a form of supremely delicate awareness ... meaning at-oneness, the state of being at one with the object.
D H Lawrence

The heart of creativity is an experience of the mystical union; the heart of the mystical union is an experience of creativity.
Julia Cameron

A Passion for Seeing
Frederick Franck

contents

some of the pages below are still under construction
- this site is seen as a project without limits or time-frames -
the content of all pages is continually being updated

artisans	dharma art	ADYASHANTI
on creativity	Frederick Franck	zen arts
J Krishnamurti	COURSE IN CONSCIOUSNESS
John Daido Loori		david bohm
the way of NEN	Ken Wilber	the art of learning
breathscribe	the eyeless eye
advaita	Rollo May	ORIGINAL FACE
free e-books		leonardo
yoga art	william blake	douglas harding
awakening	empty canvas : wondering mind
art and awakening		nonduality
Byron Katie	the door to love
Stanley Sobottka		Chuang-tzu
albert einstein	Nisargadatta Maharaj
dialogue in consciousness		WEI WU WEI
Namgyal Rinpoche	wonderingmind.net
Dogen on painted cakes and hunger		Marion Milner
Schopenhauer	wildsight - the innocent eye
Bohm and Krishnamurti		meditation
Arthur Koestler	Robert McKim	E H Gombrich
Robert Henri	the transforming mind
the zen of creativity		Pablo Picasso
unfolding through art		Fred Gettings
corita kent	THE ART OF SEEING
empty canvas : wondering mind
Gary Zukav	quotes about seeing/perceiving
Meister Eckhart	Aldous Huxley	SLOW ART
the wonder of wonder		Chogyam Trungpa
Paul Cezanne	CREATIVITY WITHOUT TIME
the art of chance: a game
quotes about wonder		art and illusion
Steven J Smith	the 10 "commandments"
on having no head		Hui-neng
Kimon Nicolaides	CREATIVE RETREATS
seeing without shadows		education
AMANDA ROBINS	quotes about creativity
stalking the awakened eye		emerson
CLAUDE MONET	creating from wonder
btw - what am I?		NAUM GABO
richard stodart	process and practice
seeing/drawing as meditation		JOHN RUSKIN
	flow
	and more to come...

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art as a mirror of the sacred

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~ art and awakening
~ living the labyrinth
~ goodness gracious me!
~ on creativity
~ empty canvas :
wondering mind

In order to understand the true meaning of Abstract Art, we have to conceive of ourselves as a reflex (reflection) of reality. This means we have to see ourselves as a mirror in which reality reflects itself.
Piet Mondrian

The Zen of Creativity
John Daido Loori