Table of Contents
Foreword v
Introduction: Welcome to the Artful Path 1
Week 1 Who Ami? 11
Nine Dots 18
Mindful Art Encounter #1: Who Am I? 20
Mindful Art Encounter #2: Finding Your Personal Mark 22
Mindful Art Encounter #3: Exploring Your Personal Mark 24
Mindful Art Encounter #4: Freedom of Self-Expression 26
Mindful Art Encounter #5: Body Scan Self-Portrait 28
Week 2 Opening to Your Reality 35
Mindful Eating 41
Mindful Art Encounter #6: Conversation Drawing with Self 44
Mindful Art Encounter #7: Letting Go 47
Mindful Art Encounter #8: Rebuilding, Collage Part I 49
Mindful Art Encounter #9; Opening to Your Reality 50
Week 3 Being Present 55
Mindful Art Encounter #10: Taking Off the Mask 60
Mindful Art Encounter #11: Accepting 65
Mindful Art Encounter #12: Seeing Clearly 67
Mindful Art Encounter #13: Self-Portrait: Seeing Things as They Are 69
Week 4 Playing 73
Mindful Art Encounter #14: Surprise and Play 77
Mindful Art Encounter #15: The Ugly Drawing 79
Mindful Art Encounter #16: Destruction and Tearing Apart 82
Mindful Art Encounter #17: Rebuilding, Collage Part 2 84
Week 5 Accepting Wholeness 89
Mindful Art Encounter #18: Exploring Yin and Yang 93
Mindful Art Encounter #19: Exploring Judgment 97
Mindful Art Encounter #20: Exploring Acceptance 99
Mindful Art Encounter #21: Embracing Yin and Yang 101
Week 6 Communicating 105
Mindful Art Encounter #22: Listening Enemy or Friend? 112
Mindful Art Encounter #23: Drawing and Collaging with Words 115
Mindful Art Encounter #24: Engaged Listening 118
Mindful Art Encounter #25: Listening to Your Whispers 120
Mindful Art Encounter #26: Conversation Drawing with a Partner 123
Week 7 A Retreat of Silence, Simplicity, and Solitude 129
Week 8 Going Deeper and Wider 135
Mindful Art Encounter #27: Being the Wind 139
Mindful Art Encounter #28: Being the Ocean 140
Mindful Art Encounter #29: Being the River 143
Mindful Art Encounter #30: Being the Sky 144
Mindful Art Encounter #31: Being a Tree 145
Mindful Art Encounter #32: Conversation Drawing with Community 146
Week 9 Who Am I Now? 153
Mindful Art Encounter #33: Mandala: The Heart of Being 157
Mindful Art Encounter #34: Planting Seeds, Growing Flowers 160
Mindful Art Encounter #35: Who Am I Now? 162
Conclusion: Celebrating Each Moment: Mindfulness for the Rest of Your Life 167
Acknowledgments 171
Practice Logs 173
More Mindfulness Resources 183
References 191