This book arose from meditation. From direct experience.

Each chapter breathes contemplation, presence, sensitivity, and freedom.

The jhānas are not approached here as an end in themselves, but as a silent ground in which everything comes to rest and unfolds in clarity.

In this receptive meditative space, the mind becomes still, and a field of cultivation (gocara) unfolds—fertile ground where wisdom (paññā; prajñā) may ripen: a foundation for the direct seeing (vipassanā; vipaśyanā...

This book consists of three parts:

Part 1: Personal Development.

Part 2: Drawing lessons.

Part 3: Painting Lessons.

The personal development you go through when you paint has a positive effect on your whole life. You start to experience people, animals and things around you differently because your perception changes. With the practical exercises in this book you will not only learn to draw and paint at a higher level, but you will experience the world more intensely.

After having read thi...