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The closing event for Healing Words / Healing Mind
Art and Enlightenment: The Practice of Calligraphy in Zen Buddhism
Join Mai Yamaguchi Ph.D., Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Curator of Japanese and Korean Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Jake Nagasaki Ph.D., Visiting Professor at Macalester College and a translator for 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha for a discussion with Healing Words / Healing Mind co-curators Dwight K. Lewis, Jr. Ph.D. and Daniel M. Greenberg Ph.D.
Healing Words / Healing Mind showcases the calligraphy and photographs of internationally renowned Zen teacher Seido Suzuki Roshi (born 1955), the abbot of Toshoji in Okayama Province, Japan. Each work on display is connected to the longstanding tradition within Zen that considers art as a form of spiritual practice. Suzuki Roshi’s calligraphy records the natural, rhythmic, and spontaneous qualities of a Zen mind deeply engaged in the process of creation. His photographs capture his unique perspective, finding wonder and joy in the natural and built landscape of Toshoji. The exhibition explores the pathways that Suzuki Roshi’s art offers to self-reflection, peace, and healing for ourselves and our broader communities.
Presented by Toshoji Global Monastery in collaboration with Rhymesayers Entertainment and the Departments of Religious Studies and Art History at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.