Art as Contemplative Practice

Michael A. Franklin is Professor and Chair of the Graduate Transpersonal Art Therapy Program at Naropa University.

List of Figures, Tables, and Rubrics
Foreword
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Simplified Sanskrit Pronunciation Guide
Abbreviated Glossary of Sanskrit Terms

Part I. Foundations, History, and Imaginal Awareness

1. Art as Contemplative Practice: Beginnings

2. Art as Contemplative Practice: Foundations

3. Snapshots of Western History and Lineage in Art as Contemplative Practice

4. Tasting and Seeing the Divine: Rasa, Darśan, and Art as Worship

5. Imaginal Intelligence and Contemplative Practice

Part II. Concerning the Contemplative in Art as Yoga and Meditation

6. Art as Yoga

7. Art as Meditation

8. Karma Yoga, Ahimsā, and the Socially Engaged Artist

9. Expressive Pathways to the Self

Part III. Exercises and Appendices

Appendix A: Imaginal Mindfulness Techniques, Exercises, and Materials
Appendix B: Core Principles of Art as Contemplative Practice and Accompanying Exercises
Appendix C: Rubrics

Notes
References
Illustration Permissions
Index