Drawing as Meditation

Written By Keri Smith
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Fill a page with circles.  Color them in.  Do it very slowly.

Research: The Case for Doing Nothing

“Doing nothing, being slow is an essential part of good thinking.” -Carl Honoré.

Disegnare come meditazione

 Riempi una pagina di cerchi. Colorali. Fallo molto lentamente.

 Ricerca: Ragioni per non fare nulla

"Non fare nulla, essere lenti è una parte essenziale per una buona idea".
-Carl Honoré.

 

Italian translation by/Traduzione italiana di Monica Guerra

Malen als Meditation

Füll eine Blatt Papier mit Kreisen. Mal sie aus. Mach das sehr langsam.

Recherche: The Case for Doing Nothing

„Nichts zu tun, langsam zu sein trägt ganz essenziell dazu bei, gute Ideen zu haben.“

Carl Honoré

German translation by  Heike Bräutigam

Le dessin comme méditation 

Remplis une feuille de cercles. Colorie-les. Fais-le très lentement.

Recherche : The Case for Doing Nothing

« Ne rien faire, aller à son rythme favorise un bon fonctionnement de la pensée. »

- Carl Honoré

French translation by/Traduction française d’Oriana Weyer

Keri Smith

Keri Smith is a Canadian conceptual artist and author of several bestselling books and apps about creativity including Wreck This Journal (Penguin), This is Not a Book (Penguin), and How to be an Explorer of the World -the Portable Life/Art Museum.

Keri conducts workshops based on her books and formerly taught a class in conceptual illustration at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, in Vancouver Canada. The main focus of her work/research is on creating what the writer Umberto Eco called “Open works”, pieces that are completed by the reader/user.

https://kerismith.com
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