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Zen of Seeing: Seeing/Drawing as Meditation

by Frederick Franck · 1973

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A Dutch artist offers his concept of seeing and drawing as a discipline by which the world may be rediscovered, a way of experiencing Zen.

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philosophyphilosophyMore like thisLess of thisself-helpself-helpMore like thisLess of thispsychologypsychologyMore like thisLess of this
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Audience
adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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