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Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing: Meditation in Action (Paperback)

by Frederick Franck (Author)

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group (1 May 1993)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0553371460
ISBN-13: 978-0553371468
Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 19.1 x 1.4 cm

Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 360,614 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Encourages a detailed perception of the world that improves awareness as well as drawing skills, and includes Zen stories, quotations, proverbs, and anecdotes.

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2.0 out of 5 stars An interesting collection of thoughts., 30 Nov 1998

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If you are looking for a book about Zen, then Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is a better bet.

If you are looking for a book about drawing, then Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is a better bet.

This book is a collection of thoughts on Zen, meditation, and drawing. It is an interesting juxtaposition of several drawings and a description of the processes (physical, mental, and spiritual) that lead to such drawings. It is a diary, not an instruction manual.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Delightful book about SEEING as opposed to "looking at", 11 Jan 1999

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This book is one of the few that has had a profound impact on my life, and one of the very, very few which will always have a place on my bookshelf. I go back to this delightful book again and again when I need to be inspired and refreshed.

"Zen Seeing / Zen Drawing" is neither a primer nor a thorough discourse on either zen or drawing technique, and thank goodness - the last thing we need is more "talking" about zen or "how to's" about art. This book, plain and simple, is about the experience of SEEING, truly seeing, not just with ones eyes, but with all of ones senses, ones heart and ones spirit.

If you have always wanted to draw but somehow never have, then this book may be just what you need to get started, especially if you have any inclination towards things "zen" or spiritual.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Be aware of what you see, 29 Jul 1999

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No, it's not a book about Zen or drawing, but it is an ispiration for both. This book inspires the reader to see the world for the first time, not just look at things for the sake of avoiding them while driving. Franck's style is not bombastic, but his entusiasm for drawing, for life, and for awareness shows through every word he writes.

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A lovely book about drawing and meditation. It follows on from The Zen of Seeing. However, I have to say that in this one Fredrick Frank seems to be getting a bit full of... Read more

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