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On Torma Offering – HIGHLIGHT
by Phil Karl While practicing in the three-year retreat at Gampo Abbey several years ago I learned to make tormas. I’d been making tormas for a number of years, but finally got comprehensive training, and plenty of practice in that rather long retreat. It may be of interest ... continuePosted October 30, 2018 by Philip Karl
Report on Shambhala Art – HIGHLIGHT
The last ten years in Shambhala Art, and what’s coming next by Stuart Rice, Steve Saitzyk, and Anne Saitzyk Shambhala Art is a living, evolving, and expanding set of teachings based on the Vidyadhara Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s presentations on visual dharma and dharma art. The Vidyadhara’s visual dharma and ... continuePosted July 14, 2018 by CGH
Why art, why now? – HIGHLIGHT
The third in a three-part series about art, creativity, and the creative process by Katey Schultz I want to wrap up this three-part series helping writers and creative types “come at” their imaginations and their creative practices in new ways, by touching on a big topic. I began ... continuePosted May 3, 2018 by
The Need to Feel – HIGHLIGHT
A Shambhala teacher explores the meaning of “Environmental Melancholia” and its connection to meditation practice, through the work of artist Regan Rosburg by Shastri Christine Heming I recently participated in Proclaiming Basic Goodness: Shambhala Meditation with Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche at the Halifax Shambhala Centre. Once again I was ... continuePosted March 15, 2017 by CGH
The Impulse to Reach Out – HIGHLIGHT
A songwriter’s memoir reveals connections between Dharma Art and the creative work of a punk/rock musician by Michelle Welch I love finding Buddhist themes in unexpected places, most often in books that are otherwise unrelated to Buddhism. Recently I read The Art of Asking, a memoir by rock/punk singer ... continuePosted December 27, 2016 by CGH
Celebrating the Arts – HIGHLIGHT
Naming and sharing the art that inspires you on the path by Carol Henderson As I drove to work one morning this week, fall colors in the woods on either side, and a silver glimmer bright on the lake beyond, I did what I often do behind the ... continuePosted November 2, 2016 by CGH
Place Your Thoughts Here – HIGHLIGHT
Shambhala Times is pleased to share another new “Summer Read”: Steven Saitzyk’s new book, “Place Your Thoughts Here”. Read below to find out why he wrote this book. article by Steven Saitzyk It is said that most authors end up writing the book they would like to read. ... continuePosted July 12, 2014 by
The Charm of Etegami – HIGHLIGHT
Celebrating the Arts Etegami: traditional Japanese art form involving postcards by Judy Bond, Pittsburgh Shambhala I was googling a recipe for pickled cherry blossoms for sushi and came across the blog of Debbie…..who runs the Etegami Fun Club on Facebook. Even though I am conversant with ikebana, haiku and ... continuePosted March 17, 2014 by
Discovering Sound – HIGHLIGHT
Mbongui spectacleCOLUMN: In Everyday Life In this Shambhala Times exclusive interview, we take an in-depth look at the life and art of Herb Elsky, resident of Mas Marvent, France. More of Mr. Elsky’s work can be seen online by clicking here. edited by Ani Dawa Chotso “Something the Vidyadhara ... continuePosted May 5, 2013 by
Radical Friendliness – HIGHLIGHT
Alicia Vogl Saenz is a museum educator at one of Los Angeles’ premiere art institutions. She shares a bit about how the Shambhala teachings inspired her to create a culture of “Radical Friendliness” at the musuem. A few years ago, my supervisor and I were planning ... continuePosted March 13, 2013 by
M’Bongui
M’bongui , a dance performance with music composed by Herbert Elsky and choreography by Sophie Fougère-Darcy, took place on February 15th at the 300 seat Mégisserie theater in St Junien (Limousin, France). M’Bongui M’bongui is a traditional Congolese dance ceremony that was practiced before and after a hunt. ... continuePosted March 3, 2013 by luz_rodriguez
Sky Dancer – HIGHLIGHT
Introducing a new series of photographs called Sky Dancer photos by Dana Marshall, Bussum, Netherlands The power of the female body is that it is the link between heaven and earth. Sky Dancer touches on embodied feminine energy. These images are a proclamation of strength and playfulness. They are ... continuePosted November 18, 2012 by
How Good the World! – HIGHLIGHT
The Road – in progresspaintings offered by Christine Labich, of the Pioneer Valley Shambhala Center Christine Labich has been gazing at, studying, and tending to the natural world for her lifetime, beginning with her childhood on a pioneering organic farm in New Hampshire. She studied ecology and ... continuePosted August 11, 2012 by
Windhorse in Paint – HIGHLIGHT
THE GIANT “Le colosse” acrylic on paper (45″X76″)paintings by Marjolaine Robert, www.marjolainerobert.com Here are four photos of my last paintings. The exhibit is called CHEVAL DU VENT (Windhorse) and I have 21 of “my horses” for that exhibit. With this exhibit, I present the principle of windhorse ... continuePosted August 5, 2012 by
Tasting the Salty Air – HIGHLIGHT
Provincetown Dunes Sunrisearticle and paintings by Amy Wynne-Derry Nature has always been my greatest teacher. Growing up on Outer Cape Cod, in Massachusetts shaped my perception of how the world visually and temporally evolves. I spent hours as a child walking Ballston Beach in Truro, a feverish beachcomber, ... continuePosted July 29, 2012 by