Practicing Mortality

Art, Philosophy, and Contemplative Seeing

C. Dustin, J. Ziegler, C Dustin , J Ziegler

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Palgrave
03 December 2007

The Arts: General & Reference; Philosophy; Philosophy: aesthetics; Philosophy of religion; Comparative religion; Spirituality & religious experience; Religious life & practice

A collaborative undertaking between an artist and a philosopher, this monograph attempts to deepen our understanding of 'contemplative seeing' by addressing the works of Plato, Thoreau, Heidegger, and more. The authors explore what it means to 'see' reality and contemplate how viewing reality philosophically and artfully is a form of spirituality. In this way, by developing a new conception of active visual engagement, the authors propose a way of seeing that unites both critical scrutiny and spiritual involvement, as opposed to simple passive reception.

By: C. Dustin, J. Ziegler, C Dustin, J Ziegler
Imprint: Palgrave
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 155mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 421g
ISBN: 9780230600911
ISBN 10: 0230600913
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 03 December 2007
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: 'To Perceive the Visible Reality as it Truly is' Walking: Thoreau's Prepared Vision The Beatification of the Mundane Turning the Soul Around Kosmos Made Visible: Thinking as Craft A Reverence for Wood 'That Which Conceals in a Way Opens to Light' 'Not Diverse From Things' Emersonian Engagement

Reviews for Practicing Mortality: Art, Philosophy, and Contemplative Seeing

Lyric, poignant, thoughtful, and lucid, Practicing Mortality is a masterpiece of the contemplative life With quiet, beauty-filled humility, and in a seamless blending of voices that rarely occurs, Professors Ziegler and Dustin, art historian and philosopher, return pedagogy to a creative, religious significance and substance that is at once deepening and liberating Thoroughly American, fully grounded, highly textured, radical in its candor, confident and peace-filled, Practicing Mortality is sure to become a spiritual classic: read, re-read, and read again by everyone who enters its world. --Therese Schroeder-Sheker, Chalice of Repose Project and The Catholic University of America <br> <br> <br> Ultimately, the aim of Practicing Mortality is to promote the ability to see differently and 'to restore our faith in appearances' . . . The Latin term for this process is mirari , which beautifully evokes both admiration and miracles, as it signifies our ability to gaze in wonder at the extraordinary sights before us. Practicing Mortality not only explicates these processes intellectually, it also performs acts of mirari for its readers- contemplative processes in which practices of admiration become acts of revelation. -- Marcia Brennan, Associate Professor of Art History, Rice University