Turn Toward the Beautiful

Course objectives:  Express story and poetry as offerings of art and beauty—awakening our hearts to move from a small sense of self to receive the world with compassion, understanding and presence. Utilize creativity as an expression of liberation—making the sacred visible. Recognize how creativity may become shut down, and how to open the gateway of creativity to become more free, present and alive. Practice and express your deep understanding of the Dharma through a myriad of creative possibilities. The play of sunlight through leaves … the songs of the wind … the arc of a brush stroke on paper. To be awake, reflects Jack Kornfield, is to discover the beauty hidden in all things—and to express that beauty ourselves. With Turn Toward the Beautiful, this lyrical writer and teacher inspires us to reclaim our childlike wonder, attuning ourselves to the beauty that often passes us by unnoticed. Then, through insightful verses and stories from many traditions, he invites each of us t