Live zen
Michael Paul * Gaia Ediciones * Madrid, 2000 * 160 p. * 25 euros
Zen meditation is done in the lotus position, with the back straight and the eyes half closed. When practicing it, a gaze without conditioning is developed, which allows you to live each situation with the maximum of openness, lucidity and delivery.
That fresh gaze is in the camera and in the mind of Michael Paul, a photographer and Zen practitioner who has tried to reflect that reality through texts and images. His book shows how spiritual experience is behind a certain style in design, a conception of harmony and beauty, which combines simplicity with rusticity. An aesthetic that is the result of a calm and respectful attitude towards nature.
Gardening, the tea ceremony, writing or architecture are some of the ways in which Zen is displayed in daily life and which this book displays with admirable beauty and simplicity.
A magnificent work with excellent photographs to bring Zen to every area of daily life.