Write Now!
Writing About Art
It can be wonderful to visit a museum and contemplate visual art, but we can also rely on this same experience as a jumping-off place for our practice as writers. This online class will explore how to reflect on visual images and create written narratives that open new directions, both as writers and art-lovers. We will look at several different works of art, some modern installations and other more traditional paintings, before delving into our own imaginative realms. This invitation to look again, to absorb an image and its complexities, is a contemplative practice in itself. Writing offers another level of delight to our inquiry and the chance to become dynamic observers of the world around us.
$22 to Be inspired and Write Now! All levels welcome. Register to receive your Zoom link.
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About Julia
Julia Napier was born in the United States but has spent most of her adult life in Argentina. As a dedicated writer, translator and yoga practitioner, she has worked in the worlds of publishing and contemplative practice. Julia has studied with many senior yoga teachers and is a personal student of Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor. She also studies Tibetan Buddhism with Dr. Jules Levinson and Dr. Robert Thurman. As a writer, Julia edited the successful anthology Mujeres Argentinas in 2012 and again in 2014. In 2014, she co-authored The Ordinary? with the renowned artist Leandro Erlich and has collaborated with him as a writer over a decade. In 2016, she became the founding editor of La Colección Ananta, a collection of books in translation about contemplative traditions, for the distinguished Spanish-language publishing house El Hilo de Ariadna. In addition to her duties as editor, Julia has also translated many of Ananta’s books, including work by Richard Freeman, TKV Desikachar, Dr. Christine Caldwell, Eddie Stern, Tim Parks, Sharon Salzberg and Pattabhi Jois. Her book En la práctica, a collection of essays about the intersection of daily life and yoga practice, was published in Latin America and Spain in 2021. She currently lives Concord with her husband Juan and their two children, Oliverio and Justina.
