Meditation session led by Kate Johnson.
The Rubin Museum of Art presents a weekly meditation session led by a prominent meditation teacher from the New York area, with each session focusing on a specific work of art. This podcast is recorded in front of a live audience, and includes an opening talk, a 20-minute sitting session, and a closing discussion. The guided meditation begins at 11:32.If you would like to attend Mindfulness Meditation sessions in person or learn more, please visit our website at RubinMuseum.org/meditation.
This program is supported with thanks to our presenting partners Sharon Salzberg, the Interdependence Project and Parabola Magazin
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Theme: Impermanence
Korean-American artist Christine Sun Kim has been deaf since birth. Though she started in visual mediums, her work increasingly incorporates sound in an attempt to use her unique perspective to break down the cultural “rules” surrounding auditory experiences. Her series on display in the Rubin Museum Art Lounge uses dynamic markings from Western musical notation to express the “sound” of particular scenes or emotions. Above is The Sound of Obsessing, a blank canvas bearing the marking “p,” which stands for “piano” and indicates a quiet sound. “Pp” stands for “pianissimo,” which means even more quiet. Reading the piece from left to right and top to bottom, the “p” markings begin to run together toward the end, indicating the quiet intensity that obsession can cause.
About the Speaker
Kate Johnson works at the intersections of spiritual practice, social action, and creative expression. She teaches mindful yoga in NYC public schools, teaches Buddhist meditation at the Interdependence Project, and facilitates an embodied approach to organizational and leadership development for social change agents and communities. Johnson holds a BFA in dance from the Alvin Ailey School/Fordham University and a MA in performance studies from NYU. She has trained at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, the Interdependence Project, Laughing Lotus Yoga, and the Presencing Institute. She is working on a book about waking up to power and oppression as a spiritual practice, to be published by Parallax Press in fall 2017.