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A wonderful Limina visit to the recently reopened

A wonderful Limina visit to the recently reopened @nationalportraitgallery yesterday. With many inspiring conversations about portraits and mindful looking, with @karlykallen and @yb_lucia

We are very happy with our new website. Link in bi

We are very happy with our new website. Link in bio. We would be thrilled if you would let us know what you think.

#mindfullooking #slowlooking #mindfulartengagement #mindfulartspecialists #arthistory #artwellbeing #wellbeinginthemuseum #mindfulmuseum

We very much enjoyed collaboration with @royalcoll

We very much enjoyed collaboration with @royalcollectiontrust for a slow looking session earlier today, broadcast to YouTube. You see Emma Stead @emma_stead92 speaking here after Lucia’s part of the session had finished.

Limina’s @yb_lucia spent some lovely time with T

Limina’s @yb_lucia spent some lovely time with The Ugly Duchess last week @nationalgallery recording a mindful looking script. It was so much fun.

Just arrived! Looking forward to reading this. #

Just arrived! Looking forward to reading this.

#yourbrainonart
#mindfullooking
#mindfulmuseum
#theartoflooking #artcontemplation
#artobservation #mindfulartmoments #artmindfulness
#instagrammindfulness #artreflections
#slowlooking
#mindfulreflection

All set for some guided mindful looking at these a

All set for some guided mindful looking at these amazing cabinets.
Yesterday we finished a series of workshops for groups at the Japan exhibition at @royalcollectiontrust The Queen’s Gallery.

Such a privilege to have the gallery to ourselves and connect to these precious objects with spaciousness and mindful appreciation.
@karlykallen @yb_lucia

Great visit to Oxford yesterday. Limina’s @karly

Great visit to Oxford yesterday. Limina’s @karlykallen and @yb_lucia met with a team at @ashmoleanmuseum to discuss an exciting project.

🐂 The Oxford Ox by Olivia Musgrave, 2002, bronze

Some light 💡 reading on the train today… Limi

Some light 💡 reading on the train today…
Limina Collective is moving into a period of research around paintings of interiors: themes of interiority, dwelling, and inhabiting. What books or resources would you recommend we seek out? Suggestions appreciated! 📚
#readinglist #bookrecommendations #interiorsinart #mindfulspaces #mindfulmuseums #tanizakijunichiro #shadows
@yb_lucia @karlykallen

Limina’s @yb_lucia contemplating some portraits

Limina’s @yb_lucia contemplating some portraits in the Oslo @nasjonalmuseet earlier today.

@karlykallen having a moment during a Limina resea

@karlykallen having a moment during a Limina research morning.

#mindfullooking
#mindfulmuseum
#theartoflooking #artcontemplation
#artobservation #mindfulartmoments #artmindfulness
#instagrammindfulness #holidaymomentsfromthepast #artreflections
#slowlooking
#mindfulreflection

Appreciating the flight of geese just after the fu

Appreciating the flight of geese just after the full moon with this print by Hiroshige.

Flying geese and full moon
Date: early 1830s
Artist: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重
Art Institute of Chicago

Remembering people from the past today by reading

Remembering people from the past today by reading John Berger’s wonderful book Portraits, especially his chapter on Fayum - funereal - portraits.

We are inviting you to stop scrolling for a few minutes and join in for a long look at this portrait of a young man with curly hair. (Swipe to the next pic if you see the book cover here.)

Limewood panel bearing portrait in encaustic and tempera of naked young man with curly hair.
date: 80-120
findspot: Hawara, Fayum
© The Trustees of the British Museum

Gazing at reflections 🖼 Still Life with a Gilt

Gazing at reflections

🖼 Still Life with a Gilt Cup, Willem Claesz Heda, 1635, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Spending some time taking in the people in this li

Spending some time taking in the people in this lithograph called National Holiday.

Perhaps particularly noticing the positions of the 👣. So much seems to be communicated by these three pairs of feet. Any emotion you resonate with this bank holiday?

🖼 National Holiday, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, July 1894, Art Institute of Chicago

We were interested to learn there is now a new def

We were interested to learn there is now a new definition of what a museum is. This was voted in at the International Council of Museums conference a few days ago. Any comments?

Source: The Art Newspaper 24 August 2022

A big thank you to @gettymuseum Education Departme

A big thank you to @gettymuseum Education Department for yesterday’s excellent Mindfulness in the Museum Convening. How wonderful to join in with inspiring and knowledgeable talks and reports about our burgeoning field, and engage in short practices.
🙏🏻👏🎖

Amidst all the chaos and upsetting world news, let

Amidst all the chaos and upsetting world news, let’s take a moment to savour this still life. A moment of ripeness, bounty and perfection. And also enjoyed by that inevitable fly. Do you see it? Taking in the contrast between depicted hardness and softness. Peach skin cradled by leaf. A perfect moment in time to contemplate with before turning towards the demands of the day again.

🖼 Still Life with a Vase of Flowers, Melon, Peaches, and Grapes, 1780,
Charlotte Eustache Sophie de Faligny Damas

#coolingoff💦 with #vermeer #contemplation #sl

#coolingoff💦 with #vermeer

#contemplation #slowlooking #mindfullooking
#mindfulcooldown

Final preparations underway for this masterclass @

Final preparations underway for this masterclass @karlykallen is delivering for @thinkingmuseum tomorrow -
We’ve loved the creative space that has been opened up by this invitation to explore mindfulness and drawing in response to the Mona Lisa… come along and join the conversation - the event is open to all. Booking link in bio and below - 19 July at 16:00 UK time.

“Is it possible to look at the Mona Lisa with fresh eyes, as if for the first time?

How might mindful drawing approaches allow us to observe and move beyond our habitual patterns of looking and thinking?

This masterclass offers an experimental space to explore drawing and mindfulness, with Leonardo’s iconic painting as our focus.

We’ll start with a discussion around drawing as a tool for looking at art, and the experience of engaging with a uniquely well-known image. You’ll then be guided through a short mindfulness practice in preparation for close observation. Encouraging presence and flow, you’ll be invited to respond to a sequence of mark-making prompts, using pencil on paper. We’ll end by joining together to reflect on how our relationship with the Mona Lisa shifted as we spent time with the picture in this way.

• Use simple drawing tools to explore your sensory experience of sight and touch while practising attentive looking
• Cultivate what is described as ‘beginner’s mind’ – an attitude of openness and curiosity, unclouded by what we think we already know
• Experience how mindfulness approaches can help with self-critical thoughts which can arise in relation to making drawings – freeing you up to draw for enjoyment and enquiry

Suitable for all, no previous experience of drawing or mindfulness required.”

https://thinkingmuseum.com/live-masterclasses/

#masterclass #thinkingmuseum #mindfulmuseum #mindfulness #mindfullooking #mindfullookingatart #monalisa #leonardodavinci #slowlooking #museumed #museumlearning

This week we were happy to come across @wearejustl

This week we were happy to come across @wearejustlooking - we recommend their newsletter for mindful looking posts, reading lists, challenges and more. Enjoy!
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#recommended #bookstagram #recommendedreading #follow #mindfullooking #slowlooking #mindfulphotography #mindfulness #photography

https://wearejustlooking.org/

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