Description: Art as yoga and meditation for artists, contemplative practitioners, art educators, and art therapists.
Brief description: Christopher Key Chapple is Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, Loyola Marymount University. His previous books include Yoga and the Luminous: Patañjali's Spiritual Path to Freedom and Living Landscapes: Meditations on the Five Elements in Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Yogas, both published by SUNY Press.
Review Quotes:
"This is a thoroughly groundbreaking work that demonstrates how art can be a contemplative way of being and pathway to the Self. It reveals the creative, imaginal side of our humanity to be a sacred ground from which grows the wholeness of both the individual practitioner and the larger community." -- Fran Grace, University of Redlands
"One of the book's notable features is the author's honesty, candor, and openness in discussing the healing benefits of contemplative creativity in his own experience." -- William K. Mahony, Davidson College
"The book's breadth of experiments and useful images in art therapy and meditative traditions is its greatest strength." -- Cliff Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth University