Join Tashi Mannox, one of the foremost Tibetan calligraphy artists, for a day of exploration in the meditative approach to creativity. Experience the creation of ensō as well as sacred seed syllables of the Tibetan calligraphy tradition Tashi upholds.
Belonging to the Japanese Zen tradition of calligraphy, An ensō is simply a circle painted with one brushstroke, in a single breath of awareness. Considered to be a meditative gesture of that moment in time it is created, it is deeply symbolic on many levels, which expresses the totality of our pure true nature of mind.
Tashi will guide you through a meditation in action to create an ensō. With full attention and physical fluidity, any hesitation or desire to create perfection is challenged with one’s expectations and apprehensions. The mindful ritual of creating an Ensō naturally challenges the practitioner to be in an undistracted present state of nowness during the creative process, observing the grasping tendency of hesitation and anticipation – qualities one would observe and tame in meditation as well as during yoga.
It is taught that “perfection is in the imperfection” as there should be no attachment to the created Ensō, resulting beauty or ugly is inconsequential, but an honest recording of that moment in time, which nakedly reveals our pure state of mind.
This event is available to all – even those who strongly believe they have no artistic ability. The ensō’s straightforward simplicity is much simpler than learning the complexities of a foreign language such as Japanese or Tibetan.
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About Tashi Mannox
British born, Tashi Mannox embodies both the Eastern and Western artistic disciplines in his 40-year journey as a painter and calligrapher. Since laying down his monastic robes in 2000, Tashi has built on his disciplined training and spiritual awareness, to produce iconographic masterpieces that reveal powerful, sacred themes through the majestic images of Tibetan Buddhist iconography.
He is now recognized as one of the world’s foremost contemporary Tibetan calligraphy artists. Exhibiting internationally in London, Moscow, New York, Los Angeles, Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates, Bhutan and more recently in South Korea.
Tashi has held numerous workshops, courses and retreats worldwide, instructing in the art of Tibetan calligraphy and Dharma-art, with its all-important meditative approach to creativity.
$185 (Regular)
$150 (Members/Early Bird pricing ends March 16th)
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This workshop will be conducted in-studio.