A Renaissance of
Art & Consciousness
with
Mary Attwood
Breaking through the half-tied vision of things to really see
Mary has a gift for combining scholarly historical and philosophical background information with direct, penetrating insights into the works of art she explores with her students.
Philip Marvin former Financial Times and Reuters journalist, Shakespeare expert
It was the great contemplative and photographer, Thomas Merton who spoke about our half-tied vision of things. He experienced a profound spiritual awakening in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka when contemplating the sleeping buddha statues there. Suddenly, ‘he broke through’ and there was a clarity he hadn’t experienced before.
Art is more than just cleverly arranged pigment or stone – it is a portal to different states of consciousness- and might have something to tell us if we take time, slow down, listen and really learn how to look, and see. Perhaps by cultivating our capacity to really both look at and see through, we move beyond a purely rational approach, to one which is more embodied and participatory. What we see alters us and what is seen.
Works of art live with us and through us and their effects can be felt in moments of profound insight, of wonderment, in deep grief, in unexpected moments, where we are called by the image itself.
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts; the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others, but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last.
John Ruskin
Discover
a Renaissance of
Art & Consciousness
with
Mary Attwood
Awaken the Senses, Intellect & Soul
Breaking through the half-tied vision of things to really see
Mary has a gift for combining scholarly historical and philosophical background information with direct, penetrating insights into the works of art she explores with her students.
Philip Marvin former Financial Times and Reuters journalist, Shakespeare expert
It was the great contemplative and photographer, Thomas Merton who spoke about our half-tied vision of things. He experienced a profound spiritual awakening in Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka when contemplating the sleeping buddha statues there. Suddenly, ‘he broke through’ and there was a clarity he hadn’t experienced before.
Art is more than just cleverly arranged pigment or stone – it is a portal to different states of consciousness- and might have something to tell us if we take time, slow down, listen and really learn how to look, and see. Perhaps by cultivating our capacity to really both look at and see through, we move beyond a purely rational approach, to one which is more embodied and participatory. What we see alters us and what is seen.
Works of art live with us and through us and their effects can be felt in moments of profound insight, of wonderment, in deep grief, in unexpected moments, where we are called by the image itself.
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts; the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others, but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last.
John Ruskin
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