Sentences with phrase «about contemplative»

Artspeak editor Osman Can Yerebakan interviewed Joseph about his contemplative and joyous New York exhibition.

But the publishers I interviewed for this story say that while there is a market for e-books about art that are text - driven (such as biographies or histories), there hasn't been a similar demand for electronic art catalogs — because catalogs are more about contemplative looking.

Her drawings are so personal to her and intimate that by looking carefully at them they educate about her contemplative nature.

A spiritual director, contributor to Huffington Post Religion, and associate of an Episcopal monastery, John Backman writes about contemplative spirituality and its surprising relevance for today's deepest issues.

By this point I had finally settled into the silence, using some tips I'd learned from the Benedictines about contemplative prayer.

Talking at length about the contemplative life under American conditions seems just absurd.

Bass wrote an essay recently that I consider required reading for anyone who cares about the contemplative life, immersed as we are in this impatient, shortcut addictive culture.

For those interested in learning more about contemplative prayer, Jim Borst, author of Coming to God in the Stillness breaks it down into twelve steps, from silence through to forgiveness and intercession.

In striving to nurture a gentle and quiet spirit, I've learned a lot about contemplative prayer, which is something I would like to continue to practice after the project is over.

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The story of Mary and Martha was used as the basis for thinking about the pace of our lives, whether we're naturally more commuters or contemplatives and what pace God might be calling us to.

When we stopped teaching the contemplative mind in a systematic way about 400 to 500 years ago, we lost the capacity to deal with paradox, inconsistency, and human imperfection....

The psalmists were poets and I began to absorb beauty, the sounds and repetitions, and became a contemplative — realising that language was not just telling me something but inviting me into a world of language that was more about what you couldn't see than what you could.

A comment that stays with me from many years ago, when I first encountered contemplative prayer on a visit to a Carmelite monastery, is a friend's observation that none of us can know how much of what God is doing in the world is brought about in response to the prayers of people we don't know and never see.

Contemplative prayer is about being with God rather than talking with God.

Jonathan Langley speaks to author and speaker Richard Rohr about mysticism and contemplative faith More

From these he put together a theory of contemplative prayer: That as person becomes increasingly contemplative in his prayer, he will move from «meditation» (thinking about or imagining Our Lord, for example) to a place where meditation, affections, and thinking ceases and are replaced by what seems to be an experience of nothing, but is closer union with God.

The activist may criticize the priest, contemplative, or ascetic for not caring enough about the process of political and economic renewal of the social world.

Jonathan Langley speaks to author and speaker Richard Rohr about mysticism and contemplative faith

I was sent the reissue of her classic Listening to God (Hodder & Stoughton) and was drawn to the contemplative prayers that she talked about.

Using impersonal ways and means will never bring about any congruence between the text and our lives and, of course, nothing remotely contemplative.

After planning a visit to New York City, my wife slipped into contemplative mode and asked what I enjoyed most about turning 30.

We spent about 10 minutes in contemplative prayer to quiet down in God's presence, while a DJ played ambient tunes in the background.

The story of Mary and Martha was used as the basis for thinking about the pace of our lives, whether we are naturally more commuters or contemplatives and what pace God might be calling us to.

On the social level the contemplative easily intuits the roots of war: fear of self and others that springs from inability to trust God; the unrecognized self - hatred that we project onto others; the illusory view that our political ideals are purer than our opponents», and the accompanying moral paralysis that stems from an exaggerated sense of guilt about holding this illusion.

I don't know about you, but I find that I can be fairly contemplative when I bake.

A contemplative and soulful tune about the malaise at the beginning of the seventies, it protested against crime and the Vietnam War.

These days with the media (excluding weekly papers like this one, which can and does luxuriate in a more contemplative approach) it's more about ratings and clicks than ever before.

Co-author Harold Roth, professor of religious studies, taught the labs, which included about 30 minutes per session of specific contemplative practice from Buddhist or Daoist traditions.

«The perspective of contemplative theory is that we learn about the mind by observing experience, not just to tickle our fancy but to learn how to heal the mind.»

He is a Western - trained psychotherapist who writes and teaches about the relationship between Western psychological paradigms and the Eastern contemplative traditions.

Rick Hanson is a psychologist and has written and taught about the essential inner skills of personal well - being, psychological growth, and contemplative practice — as well as about relationships, family life, and raising children.

My book, Ashtanga Yoga for Beginner's Mind, gives you the basics about how to develop a contemplative practice.

Talking reality about your character and what you require is the best system as for meeting individuals on the web, paying little personality to whether for a contemplative relationship or for a fraternity.

Ohio About Blog Our objectives are to pioneer and research the integration of emotional health and contemplative spirituality to discipleship and spiritual formation.

San Rafael, CA About Blog I am a psychologist and have written and taught about the essential inner skills of personal well - being, psychological growth, and contemplative practice — as well as about relationships, family life, and raising chilAbout Blog I am a psychologist and have written and taught about the essential inner skills of personal well - being, psychological growth, and contemplative practice — as well as about relationships, family life, and raising chilabout the essential inner skills of personal well - being, psychological growth, and contemplative practice — as well as about relationships, family life, and raising chilabout relationships, family life, and raising children.

Seattle, WA About Blog My art practice is rooted in the traditions of contemplative art, influenced greatly by my years as a student of Asian calligraphy and my ongoing design career as a calligrapher and letterform artist.

What worked in Shields's quiet, contemplative novel about a family in crisis falls flat on screen.

What's refreshing about Sara Driver's look - back documentary... is the frisky, contemplative, ground - level angle it takes on its hype - magnet of a subject.

Like all of Jarmusch's previous works, this one's not to every taste, as some will love it for all of its contemplative and offbeat charms, while others will think it a film about a nobody doing nothing and going nowhere in particular.

There is one brilliant commentary from the contemplative director of the film, Anton Corbijn, which is as thoughtful as it is precise about the location, the story, and its characters.

In the past, I've extensively talked and written about quiet, spiritual, contemplative films, but I've never made one.

However, Field's film is its own beast in the end — an intelligent and contemplative drama that merits discussion, even about the things that make little sense to include, and yet, the story is so self - conscious, there must be some reason that all f these lives are meant to intersect in their awkward ways.

Though Sudeikis is very funny in person, he's also contemplative and effusive, especially when he talks about his 22 - month - old son Otis» love for playing drums.

South Korean director Hong Sangsoo takes us to the Cannes Film Festival, not for a tale of red carpets and glittering parties but a quiet little contemplative drama about people on the fringes of the festival.

As the contemplative cat communicates her thoughts about love and belonging, Sophie and Jason are unable to externalise their mid-30s angst.

A contemplative walk around the block made me realize that these movies are mostly, to some degree, about people trying to connect.

Controversial but always interesting South Korean director Ki - duk Kim, whose output ranges from the lovely and contemplative (SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER... AND SPRING) to the outright shocking (THE ISLE), strikes again with an uncanny and thoroughly creepy nip - yuck nightmare about plastic surgery and identity.

This isn't an easy film, not in any way: its pace is contemplative and deliberate; it's more about puzzling out personality than it is a police procedural; and perhaps most uncomfortably for some viewers, all the major players are female.

Last month, I attended the first International Symposium on Contemplative Studies, where I learned about the work of three young men from Baltimore who are teaching children anger management through yoga.

David spoke about reading as a quite and contemplative activity that involves the physical decoding of words and the cognitive decoding of meaning.