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Looking at art as a mindfulness practice: We’re

Looking at art as a mindfulness practice:

We’re back on Monday (31 January) to round off this month with 30 minutes of mindful looking.

Join us on Zoom at 13:00 (GMT) for a short mindfulness practice, followed by guided looking at one painting, and ending with a little art historical context. We’d love to see you there.

Tickets £5, see bio.

The Limina Collective team
@karlykallen @yb_lucia
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Image: @paulinel on Unsplash
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#painting #looking #slowlooking #mindfullooking #mindfulness #mindfulnesspractice #meditation #meditationonart #gallerywall #gallery #arthistory #museum #museumeducators #museumed #pause #artonline #museumfromhome #artcourse #mondaymindfulness #mindfulmonday #mindfulmondays

Gratitude for Thich Nhat Hanh . . . . . Photos, in

Gratitude for Thich Nhat Hanh
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Photos, in sequence, on UnSplash:
Falco Negenman
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Rodin Kutsaev
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#mindfulnessquotes #thichnhathanhquotes #thichnhathanh #plumvillage #mindfulness #meditation #gratitude #lookingatart

📬 Our latest newsletter has just arrived in our

📬 Our latest newsletter has just arrived in our subscribers’ inboxes - if you haven’t joined yet, see our Linktree to sign up today ✍️ - our monthly newsletter includes a round-up of our upcoming events, as well as giveaways and news from the field of mindfulness and art.
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We love to see our community of mindful art-observers grow each month - thank you for all your engagement, suggestions and feedback along the way.
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Warm wishes,

The Limina Collective Team
@yb_lucia @karlykallen
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Image: Egon Shiele
‘Seated Woman with Legs drawn up (Adele Herms)’, 1917
National Gallery Prague (detail)
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#newsletter #friends #keepintouch #mail #egonshiele #community #mindfulness #connection #news

Today (Tuesday 18 Jan) at 6pm (GMT): We invite you

Today (Tuesday 18 Jan) at 6pm (GMT): We invite you to spend 60 minutes at the end of your afternoon, to simply look closely at a painting and make some marks on paper in response to your looking. Coming into the present moment, making space for art, and taking a nourishing pause before you move into the evening.
See bio for booking link and details. Tickets from £10
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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pause-look-relax-draw-tickets-204408781167

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#drawing #mindfuldrawing #mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #makingmarks #mindfulnessonline #pauselookrelax #lookingatart #gallery #arthistory

We wish we could travel to this exhibition at Quee

We wish we could travel to this exhibition at Queen’s University, Ontario. Curated by Dr Suzanne van de Meerendonk, it explores the theme of solitude, seclusion and human interiority through works by Dutch painters including Rembrandt, Jacob van Campen and Cornelis Bisschop.
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#art #exhibition #ontario #agnesgalleryart @aeartcentre #rembrandt #dutchpainting #dutchart #solitude #isolation #contemplation #reflection #mindfulness #mindfullooking #lookingatart

Starting this Friday at 1pm (GMT): our January eve

Starting this Friday at 1pm (GMT): our January events explore mindfulness and light in paintings.

The light of a torch can be used as a metaphor for mindfulness. Do we shine a harsh, critical light on our experience, or a soft, enveloping, supportive light? And how do we steady that warm light?

‘Pause Look Relax’ is a 30-minute online session: we start with a short mindfulness practice. After this you'll be guided to look at an artwork through mindfulness approaches, followed by time to reflect. The session ends with some art historical context. See booking link in bio: all tickets £5. Friday’s session is led by @yb_lucia.

If you'd like to immerse yourself a bit longer in mindfulness and art, and respond to drawing prompts, @karlykallen is facilitating a Pause Look Relax & Draw on Tuesday 18 January.

With kind wishes for the New Year,

the Limina Collective team
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Pause Look Relax by Limina Collective
30-minute drop-in sessions
Friday 7 January, 13:00-13:30 GMT
Monday 31 January, 13.00-13.30 GMT
Via Zoom

Pause Look Relax & Draw
60-minute drop-in session
Tuesday 18 January, 18:00-19:00 GMT
Via Zoom

Image: Olafur Eliasson, ‘The Weather Project’, Tate Unilever Series, 2003-4.
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#light #sun #sunlight #mindfullooking #mindfulnesspractice #newyear #mindfulmeditation #slowlooking #closelooking #lookingatart #art #lookingatart #olafureliasson #tate #pauselookrelax

Wishing you a happy and healthy 2022! Thank you to

Wishing you a happy and healthy 2022! Thank you to all who joined our online events this past year, and for following us here, subscribing to our mailing list (link in bio!) and so much more: we love seeing our community of mindful art observers grow. We are so grateful for your feedback and suggestions for how we can develop and expand our work - we are really looking forward to new events and exciting projects in 2022 and hope you can join us for the journey. With warmest wishes, the Limina Collective team x
@yb_lucia @karlykallen
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Image: Aoigaoka Keisei, Seahorses before a rising New Year’s Sun, 1820 or 1832
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#happynewyear #newyear #2022 #ukiyoe #sun #sunrise #seahorses #thankyou #gratitude #mindfulnessmeditation #mindfulness #course #slowlooking #mindfullooking

🔈 SOUND ON 🔈 Listen to a clip from one of th

🔈 SOUND ON 🔈
Listen to a clip from one of the ‘Drawing and Mindfulness’ films we’ve made for the British library this year - in this series of events, we gathered together live on Zoom at 8:30am to start the day with mindful presence.
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We took a close look at one artwork from a British library manuscript, and used it as the focus for drawing and contemplation. After each event, participants were offered a recorded practice to take away and follow in their own time.
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We have loved nurturing a sense of close connection with these exquisite manuscripts, and drawing out their meditative qualities. Thank you to @culturekaty at the British Library for inviting us, and everyone who joined @karlykallen for the sessions - it’s been a highlight of 2021 🌟
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See link in bio for details of our new weekend masterclass for the British Library: ‘Drawing, Poetry and Mindfulness’ (19-20 March 2022).
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#mindfulness #mindful #mindfulnessmeditation #manuscript #herbal #library #britishlibrary #drawing #mindfuldrawing #healing #wellbeing #barley #closelooking #mindfullooking #drawingcourse

Take a couple of deep breaths, in and out, and tak

Take a couple of deep breaths, in and out, and take in the colours and light of this sunrise. Where do you feel this in your body?
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Using a painting as the focus for mindfulness can bring you into a closer relationship with the artwork, and with yourself. Take time to notice what your body needs this morning.
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If you’d like to join us for live guided mindful looking at one painting, we’re meeting on Zoom tomorrow (Friday 17 December, 1pm GMT). Tickets £5, link in bio.
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J.M.W Turner, ‘Norham Castle, Sunrise’, about 1845, Tate
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#sunrise #sun #sunlight #sunshine #castle #landscape #landscapepainting #turner #jmwturner #tate #mindfulness #mindfullooking #mindfulnesspractice #closelooking #lookingatart #slowlooking

We’ve been waiting patiently for this exhibition

We’ve been waiting patiently for this exhibition to open, and after being postponed last year it’s now opening in April 2022 🙌 We can’t wait to engage with these artworks and develop our work with the learning team at Royal Collection Trust. Thank you for inviting us 💫
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Mindfulness is embedded in the art and culture of Japan: Japanese traditions of tea ceremony, haiku, cherry blossom viewing and moon viewing all share this heightened awareness of the moment. Limina collective is delighted to be bringing mindfulness practices to the experience of looking at selected artworks from this exhibition - ‘Japan: Courts and Culture’, The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, from April 2021 to March 2023.
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Image: Shōbi (Jomi) Eisuke I, pair of cups, 1880-81, copper alloy, gold and silver, Royal Collection Trust
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#japan #japaneseart #iris #irises #royalcollectiontrust #thequeensgallery #exhibition #londonexhibition #buckinghampalace #mindfulness #mindfullooking #museumed #museumeducator

Rest and Restore - this December our events invite

Rest and Restore - this December our events invite you to take 30 minutes to come into stillness and use an artwork as a focus for mindfulness practice.
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Join us this Friday 17 December (1pm GMT) for a guided looking session, bringing together mindfulness and art observation. Via Zoom, tickets £5 / and gift vouchers available to share with friends and family. All links in bio.
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Jean Etienne Liotard, ‘Woman in Turkish Dress, Reading’, about 1740-42, National Gallery of Victoria
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#mindfulness #mindfulnessmeditation #pause #rest #relax #reading #bookstagram #painting #art #lookingatart #slowlooking #mindfullooking

Our next online mindful looking session is coming

Our next online mindful looking session is coming up tomorrow, Thursday 9 December at 1pm GMT (tickets £5). The theme for this month is ‘Rest and Restore’ - our 30-minute events combine mindfulness and looking closely at art, inviting you to take time to come into your senses and take a restorative pause in your day.
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We hope you can join us; booking link in bio.
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#mindfulness #mindfullooking #mindfulnesspractice #mindfulnessonline #art #lookingatart #wellbeing #rest #restore #slow #slowlooking #arthistory

We are taking time this December to rest and resto

We are taking time this December to rest and restore, look after ourselves and create pauses for deeper looking.
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Join us on Thursday (9 Dec, 1pm GMT) for a 30-minute online guided session:
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we’ll start with a short mindfulness practice to settle the mind and prepare for looking. You’ll then be led in mindful observation of one painting by Van Gogh. The session closes with some art historical context. We’d love to see you there.
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We’re pleased to offer all tickets this month at £5 - you can also purchase a voucher for a friend, or treat yourself. All links in bio.
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#mindfulnessonline #mindfulness #meditation #art #painting #artquotes #mindfulnessquotes #vangogh #mindfullooking #museumfromhome #museum #gallery #slowlooking #looking #lookingatart #closelooking #artworkshop #arthistory #painting #voucher #secretsanta

Resting the mind in the blue background of this pa

Resting the mind in the blue background of this painting by Kandinsky - returning here time and again, as often as we need to; using this blue as an anchor for our mindfulness practice.
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This is a short clip from our live online event series, ‘Pause Look Relax’, led by @yb_lucia. You can join our mindful looking sessions for only £5 in December, and until 31 March 2022. Booking links for upcoming dates in bio.
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Limina Collective are specialists in mindful looking, bringing mindfulness practices to the experience of looking at art, in galleries and online spaces.
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Image: Wassily Kandinsky, ‘Blue Painting (Blaues Bild)’, 1924, Guggenheim Museum, New York
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#guggenheim #newyork #kandinsky #blue #modernart #art #mindfulness #mindfullooking #pauselookrelax #meditation #mind #closelooking #slowlooking #abstractpainting

“I came away with the feeling that, if I never s

“I came away with the feeling that, if I never saw it again, this painting would be with me for the rest of my life.”
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In his book ‘Slow Looking’ (2012), Peter Clothier describes in detail his process and practice of leading attentive and contemplative looking sessions with art, since 1995. A video of one of his ‘one hour, one painting’ events can be found on his website peterclothier.com. An inspiration and pioneer in the field of mindfulness and art observation, his book is highly recommended.
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#peterclothier #mindfullooking #mindfulness #meditation #looking #closelooking #reading #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #booklist #whatimreading #art #arthistory #museumed #museumeducation #lookingatart

‘Poetry and Paintings’ is our theme for online

‘Poetry and Paintings’ is our theme for online mindfulness sessions in November. This week, a special 60-minute event (Weds 17 Nov, 5pm GMT) is an opportunity to respond to an artwork through guided mindful writing exercises (booking link in bio, tickets from £10).
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Through mindful looking at paintings, the mind gets accustomed to looking with greater awareness: noticing hues, tones and colours; alighting on shapes, forms and the relationship between space and objects. Something similar happens with poems: black silhouettes against a white background, noticing rhythm and format; relishing the images and worlds the words of a poem may point to. We find the relationship between poems and paintings fascinating. There is a rich history of paintings inspired by poems and poems conceived after looking at paintings. Our ‘Pause Look Relax’ series in November is all about poetry and paintings.
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Next in our ‘Pause Look Relax’ series of 30-minute sessions is on 26 November (1pm GMT) - see bio for details and booking, tickets from £6.
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We hope to see you at one of our events soon.
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Image: David Pell Secor, ‘Mountain Landscape’, ink washes on Bristol board, @metmuseum
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#mindfulness #meditation #mindfullooking #mindfulmuseum #mountains #ink #poetry #kobayashiissapoems #japan #mindfulnesscourse #landscape #pause #pauselookrelax #breathe #autumn #mindfulnesspractice #mindfulpoetry

Today at 7pm (GMT): End your day well, with 30 min

Today at 7pm (GMT): End your day well, with 30 minutes of mindful looking at one artwork. Be guided through a gentle mindfulness practice to prepare for looking, followed by slow observation, and some art historical context. Join us online this evening - tickets from £6, booking link in bio. All welcome, no experience of mindfulness or art required.
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Image: Isaac Levitan, ‘Twilight. Moon.’, 1899, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia
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#moon #sun #moonlight #landscape #isaaclevitan #russia #russianart #sky #mindfulness #twilight #meditation #mindfulnesspractice #onlinemindfulness #winddown #slowlooking

This month, our online mindfulness events bring to

This month, our online mindfulness events bring together an artwork with a poem. Join us this evening (7pm GMT) for the first session: spend 30 minutes looking with mindfulness at a painting by Joan Miró, guided by @yb_lucia. See link in bio for more details and to book tickets from £6.
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We find the relationship between poems and paintings fascinating. There is a rich history of paintings inspired by poems and poems conceived after looking at paintings. Our Pause Look Relax series in November is all about poetry and paintings.
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Image: Katsushika Hokusai, ‘Poem by Funya no Asayasu, from the series One Hundred Poems Explained by a Nurse (Hyakunin isshu ubaga etoki)’, @metmuseum
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#poetry #poem #autumn #autumncolours #wordsandimage #hokusai #ukiyoe #japan #japanesewoodblock #mindfullooking #mindfulness #seasons #meditation #slowlooking

Pausing to notice - how many oranges and reds do y

Pausing to notice - how many oranges and reds do you see? #autumncolours
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Image: William Trost Richards, ‘Autumn Woods’, 1865 (detail), oil on canvas
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness approaches to the experience of looking at art, in museum spaces and online. Follow us for events (links in bio), quotes, guided practices and reading recommendations.
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Our 30-minute events, ‘Pause Look Relax’ offer a restorative pause in your day to come into your sense of sight and engage deeply with one artwork. Last month we spent 30 minutes looking closely at a seascape by William Trost Richards, taking in the shape of the waves and the texture of the foam and sand. Our sessions start with a short mindfulness practice and end with some art historical context and discussion. The next ‘Pause Look Relax’ event is on Tuesday 9 November (7pm GMT), we’d love to see you there.
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#autumn #autumncolors #red #orange #leaves #trees #treesofinstagram #autumnleaves #mindfullooking #painting #landscape #landscapepainting #woods #mindfulness #meditation #presentmoment #pause

For one participant at our session this Monday, th

For one participant at our session this Monday, this drawing by Van Gogh evoked a memory of a poem.
What else might come alive for us, as we look with mindfulness?
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At our ‘pause look relax’ sessions, we spend 30 minutes bringing mindfulness practices to the experience of looking at just one artwork - allowing for close observation and a space for awareness of what’s going on for us, in the picture and in ourselves.

Throughout November, our events explore the connections between poetry and painting more deeply. See links in bio for our session dates and booking info. Tickets from £6.
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Limina Collective brings mindfulness practices to art-viewing spaces, in galleries and online.
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#mindfullooking #mindfulness #mindfulwriting #poem #poetry #poemsofinstagram #lookingatart #drawing #vangogh #writing #arthistory #pendrawing #pencildrawing #meditation #mindfulmeditation #museumed #gallery #tree #trees #poemoftheday #sky #light #sunlight

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