In this new and expanded edition, writer-illustrator Barbara Bash has re-created her chronicles of meditation and contemplative wandering during a series of solitary country retreats. Combining beautifully hand-calligraphed journal notes with watercolor-and-pencil drawings, she captures exquisite moments of magic in the natural environment: a dragonfly's brief pause, a surprised deer in tall grass, a lumbering skunks visit, the woods at twilight. Nature lovers, gardeners, and anyone who enjoys solitary country walks will recognize in Barbara a kindred spirit and will find hours of pleasure in these pages.
Sixteen pages of drawing exercises have been added to this paperback edition.
True Nature: An Illustrated Journal of Four Seasons in Solitude, Barbara Bash, KTD Publications, Paperback, 160 pp, $19.95
Barbara Bash is a calligrapher, illustrator, author, and performance artist.
An artist interested in communication in all its forms, Barbara studied dance and drawing before immersing herself in the study of calligraphy. During a successful career as a graphic artist and teacher of book arts, first in the California Bay Area and then at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado, she collaborated with storytellers, dancers, and musicians in performance. Her study of Dharma Art with Chogyam Trungpa contributed to her understanding of eastern principles as applied to western art forms.
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CONTENTS: True Nature
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Introduction
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7
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Summer
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16
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Autumn
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48
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Winter
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74
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Spring
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102
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Acknowledgments
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140
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A Way to Begin
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145
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