The Eternal Present of the Past

The Eternal Present of the Past

Author: Li-Ling Xiao

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 9004156437

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Drawing together illustration, theater, and literature, this study examines a late Ming conception of the stage as a mystical space for temporal conflation that allowed the past to be reborn in the present and to uphold the continuity of the cultural tradition


Everywhen

Everywhen

Author: Henry F. Skerritt

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0300214707

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"This publication accompanies the exhibition Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 5 through September 18, 2016."


The Eternal Present, Volume I

The Eternal Present, Volume I

Author: Sigfried Giedion

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2023-10-17

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13: 0691251916

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A groundbreaking reevaluation of paleolithic art through the lens of modernism, from the acclaimed historian of art and architecture In The Beginnings of Art, Sigfried Giedion, best known as a historian of architecture, shifts his attention to art and its very origins. Breaking with an earlier, materialistic approach, he explores paleolithic art by bringing abstraction, transparency, and simultaneity into play as modern art has revealed them anew. Focusing on the dual concepts of constancy and change, he examines paleolithic paintings, engravings, and sculpture, as well as modern art and recent examples of “primitive art.” He argues that the two keys to the meaning of prehistoric art are the symbol, portraying reality before reality exists, and the animal as humankind’s superior in the unified primordial world in which both human and animal were embedded. The result is a highly original and important study of prehistoric art.


The Eternal Now

The Eternal Now

Author: Paul Tillich

Publisher: Scm Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780334028758

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These 16 sermons contain in concentrated form some of Tillich's most lambent themes. Although they were first published in the early 1960s, the pieces in question take up preoccupations which continue to haunt us at the beginning of the 21st century. Tillich discusses, among other topics, wisdom; salvation; loneliness and solitude; creation in relation to the creator; inequality; and spiritual presence. He has a desire to make sense of the fundamental mystery of Christian theology: the paradox of the moment which is now wherein comes the mystery which is eternity.


The Wisdom of Insecurity

The Wisdom of Insecurity

Author: Alan Watts

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2011-11-16

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 0307809862

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An acclaimed philosopher shows us how—in an age of unprecedented anxiety—we can find fulfillment by embracing the present and living more fully in the now. He is "the perfect guide for a course correction in life" (from the Introduction by Deepak Chopra). The brain can only assume its proper behavior when consciousness is doing what it is designed for: not writhing and whirling to get out of present experience, but being effortlessly aware of it. Alan Watts draws on the wisdom of Eastern philosophy and religion in this timeless and classic guide to living a more fulfilling life. His central insight is more relevant now than ever: when we spend all of our time worrying about the future and lamenting the past, we are unable to enjoy the present moment—the only one we are actually able to inhabit. Watts offers the liberating message that true certitude and security come only from understanding that impermanence and insecurity are the essence of our existence. He highlights the futility of endlessly chasing moving goalposts, whether they consist of financial success, stability, or escape from pain, and shows that it is only by acknowledging what we do not know that we can learn anything truly worth knowing. In The Wisdom of Insecurity, Watts explains complex concepts in beautifully simple terms, making this the kind of book you can return to again and again for comfort and insight in challenging times. “Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable.’” —Los Angeles Times


Indelicacy

Indelicacy

Author: Amina Cain

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published: 2020-02-11

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0374718733

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FINALIST FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION'S FIRST NOVEL PRIZE "Cain’s small but mighty novel reads like a ghost story and packs the punch of a feminist classic." —The New York Times Book Review A haunted feminist fable, Amina Cain’s Indelicacy is the story of a woman navigating between gender and class roles to empower herself and fulfill her dreams. In "a strangely ageless world somewhere between Emily Dickinson and David Lynch" (Blake Butler), a cleaning woman at a museum of art nurtures aspirations to do more than simply dust the paintings around her. She dreams of having the liberty to explore them in writing, and so must find a way to win herself the time and security to use her mind. She escapes her lot by marrying a rich man, but having gained a husband, a house, high society, and a maid, she finds that her new life of privilege is no less constrained. Not only has she taken up different forms of time-consuming labor—social and erotic—but she is now, however passively, forcing other women to clean up after her. Perhaps another and more drastic solution is necessary? Reminiscent of a lost Victorian classic in miniature, yet taking equal inspiration from such modern authors as Jean Rhys, Octavia Butler, Clarice Lispector, and Jean Genet, Amina Cain's Indelicacy is at once a ghost story without a ghost, a fable without a moral, and a down-to-earth investigation of the barriers faced by women in both life and literature. It is a novel about seeing, class, desire, anxiety, pleasure, friendship, and the battle to find one’s true calling.


The Eternal Gift

The Eternal Gift

Author: Ms Lauren McCall

Publisher:

Published: 2013-03

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9780984314256

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Designed to help people with pet loss, The Eternal Gift demystifies how animals experience their lives and deaths. As an internationally known animal communicator who has spoken with animals on the Other Side, Lauren McCall brings messages of joy and unconditional love from animals who have died. These messages will bring encouragement and reassurance to those loving, grieving souls left behind and enable them to move past their grief and into a place of acceptance. The best selling pet book in Japan for 14 months and translated into Japanese, Italian and Korean, this is a must read for anyone who seeks a better understanding of their animal companions and how they view their life, and for anyone who has experienced the loss of a cherished animal friend. Practical tips on how to cope with pet loss are offered, as well as a guided imagery the reader can use to make their on very personal connection with their deceased pet. From the very start, the book sets the stage for the joy and optimism expressed by the animals in the chapters that follow. Animals believe that the love connection between themselves and their human family members lives on after death, an everlasting and eternal gift. The author touches on questions that go through the minds of those who have experienced, or will experience, the loss of a beloved animal. "Is my pet all alone somewhere?" "Is my animal going to heaven?" "Is there an afterlife for animals?" "Is she afraid?" The book also puts into perspective issues that people commonly express about having kept their animal alive too long, or released them too soon. These issues and many more will be answered directly through the use of conversations with animals who have passed on. Though commentary is woven throughout the book, the author allows the words of the animals to clearly and eloquently express their experiences about life, the death process, the other side, and reincarnation. Though The Eternal Gift is by nature a spiritual book, the author points out to the reader that ..".this book is not based on any particular religious belief, but rather the point of view of our animal friends." This is much more than a book about grief and loss. With its 'straight from the horse's mouth' perspective, The Eternal Gift takes the reader on a wonderful journey led by the author, and by animals who have shared loving lives with their people and want to reassure them that there is life beyond death and that the eternal cycle of life, death and reincarnation is one that they are comfortable with.


The Beginnings of Architecture

The Beginnings of Architecture

Author: Sigfried Giedion

Publisher:

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 583

ISBN-13: 9780691018355

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Professor Giedion examines the art and architecture of the first high civilizations of Egypt and Sumer.


The Eternal Present, Volume II

The Eternal Present, Volume II

Author: Sigfried Giedion

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2023-10-17

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13: 0691251894

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An original account of ancient Egyptian and Sumerian architecture from the acclaimed architectural historian In The Beginnings of Architecture, Sigfried Giedion examines the architecture of ancient Egypt and Sumer. These early builders expressed an attitude of immense force when they confronted their structures with open sky. Giedion argues that it was during these periods that the problem of constancy and change flared up with an intensity unknown in any other period of history, and resolved eventually into the first architectural space conception, the automatic, psychic recording of the visual environment.