Turn Towards the Beautiful - Creativity as a Path of Liberation written by Jack Kornfield performed by Jack Kornfield on CD (Abridged)

The play of sunlight through leaves...the songs of the wind...the arc of a brush stroke on paper. To be awake, reflects Jack Kornfield, is to discover the beauty hidden in all things and to express that beauty ourselves. With Turn Toward the Beautiful, this lyrical writer and teacher inspires us...

to reclaim our childlike wonder, attuning ourselves to the beauty that often passes us by unnoticed. Then, through insightful verses and stories from many traditions, he invites each of us to nourish the artistic impulse in ourselves to choose to create as essential expression of the spiritual life.

In two compelling sessions, listeners will explore: Why beauty and awareness are inseparable, and how they enrich each other Rediscovering the world through our child s eyes Presence an essential for awakening the artist s gifts of receptivity and wonder How to use writing, drawing, music, dance, and more to bring insight to others Many practices to spark our own creative expression What if the light that reveals the truth of our lives were waiting right here before us? For seasoned artists or novices of all spiritual traditions, Turn Toward the Beautiful points to that illumination the beauty of the world that beckons to be received and shared.