Ma: The Japanese Secret to Contemplation and Calm: An Invitation to Awareness
Rodgers, Ken Ken Rodgers, John Einarsen,
Language: English
Published by Tuttle Publishing -, 2025
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- Title
- Ma: The Japanese Secret to Contemplation and Calm: An Invitation to Awareness
- Author
- Rodgers, Ken Ken Rodgers, John Einarsen,
- Publisher
- Tuttle Publishing -
- Publication year
- 2025
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 4805319216
- ISBN 13
- 9784805319215
The traditional Japanese concept of ma refers to a pause or a space, "the moment of no action, the stillness and silence that is filled with more powerful energy than the moments of action" on the classic Noh stage. It also refers to the pauses taken in between notes by a shakuhachi flute player or the spaces between stones in a Zen garden which reveal unexpected vistas and perspectives.
The thought-provoking essays in this book are the work of sixteen talented writers and artists with vast experience in the fields of Japanese art, religion, music and philosophy. They show us how the experience of ma in the traditional Zen arts and practices can be used to create a greater awareness of our surroundings to vastly improve our lives in many other areas.
Highlights include:
- The Ma of Words by Pico Iyer, who reflects on our word choice, the way we speak to each other and the pauses in our everyday conversations
- Some Gravel Some Stones by Steven Mansfield, who explores deliberate spaces in Japanese garden design and how these provide us with moments of calm
- Photographic Ma by Robert van Koesveld, who draws our attention to the mysterious communicative power of "spaces" in photographic compositions that draw us in on a subconscious level
- Between Form and Emptiness, an interview with artist Miya Ando, whose work in metal, canvas and sculpture is deeply rooted in Zen Buddhist philosophy and reflects the human experience of time, the seasons and ephemerality
- Moments of Silence and Stillness by Magda Rittenhouse, whose explorations of traditional Japanese design focus on the spaces between inside and outside, sacred and profane, the safe and the unfamiliar
- Plus eleven other fascinating essays!
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About the Author
John Einarsen is a photographer, designer, and founding editor of Kyoto Journal alongside Ken Rogers. His books of photographs include Kyoto: The Forest Within the Gate, Small Buildings of Kyoto, and This Very Moment (2023). From 2013–2015 he served as an advisor to the Japan Times and in 2013 received the Commissioner's Award of the Japanese Cultural Affairs Agency. He lives near Kyoto's Nanzenji temple.
Compiled essays, illustrations and photographs by talented writers and artists including: Alex Kerr; Gunter Nitschke; Pico Iyer; Steven Mansfield; Mark Hovane; Alexandre Avdulov; John McGee; Joshua Pearl; Edward A. Burger; Leanne Ogasawara; Nakajima Hiroyuki; Hikaru Hirata-Miyakawa; Magdalena Rittenhouse; Kit Nagamura; Alexander Bennett; Atticus Sims; Takafumi Kawakami; Robert van Koesveld; and Michael Dylan Welch.
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