Frankfurt Book Fair 2019 RIGHTS HIGHLIGHTS
Our Favourites This is one of the reasons so many of us are unhappy and exhausted. We are "switched on" for too many hours of the day and the natural human longing and need for peace seems a far-off dream.
If we are to be well, individually and collectively, we need to consciously find ways to cultivate calm and ease. We need to learn how to reset our nervous systems so we can unwind and recharge and return to some kind of balance. Put simply, we need to give ourselves space to breathe. Literally. In and out. Rhythmically and smoothly.
FOREWORD BY VIDYAMALA BURCH
When I first opened Draw Breath I was captivated. Gazing at a page evoked a kind of silence and space that was immediately calming. When I dived deeper and embarked on the journey the book offers, I knew I had something special in my hands. The modern world can be a very noisy place to live. From dawn to dusk we are bombarded with words, sounds, phone calls, text messages, social media, 24-hour news channels. The omnipresent buzz of life can, at times, seem overwhelming. Our senses are so overloaded that it can be hard to find any respite and our nervous systems become continually aroused and hyper-stimulated.
We can write about the benefits of mindful breathing. We can talk about it. We can explore concepts around it. We can issue exhortations to notice defensive patterns of breath-holding and to let go – to let the out-breath find its full expression as it sighs to its conclusion. But these are just more words in a world already drowning in words. It is unlikely that they will have much impact. Tom knows this and he uses words sparingly and brilliantly whilst conveying deep, profound ideas with images, aesthetics and drawing exercises. Rather than reading about healthy breathing you’ll find yourself tasting it as soon as you complete one of the exercises. Your breathing will slow. Your mind will change. Your emotions will become more spacious and creative. You’ll need no convincing of the power of breathawareness because you will have had an embodied experience of learning – always the most powerful and lasting way to embed new perspectives.
Tom also has a great skill for "word play". Through double-meaning the literal mind is tricked away from habitual, superficial understanding. Tom’s use of language becomes a gateway to deeper truths. From the title "Draw Breath" to the very last page of the book, I noticed my mind flexing to re-visit the meaning of common words and in doing so it was startled into amazement and wonder.
I love this book. I love plunging beneath a sea of words to rest in something much deeper. I love the way Tom knows that this is what so many of us need, and he has the talent and ability to bring this experience (I hesitate to call it a book) into being. Savour it and enjoy it. Your nervous system and mind will be grateful. They will, quite simply, thank you for taking the time to breathe. Vidyamala Burch
Vidyamala sustained a spinal injury when she was 16. Over 25 years ago she started exploring mindfulness and meditation to manage her persistent pain. In 2001 she co-founded Breathworks based on all she had learned and it has since grown into the UK's largest and most well-respected mindfulness teacher training organization. She has been a practicing Buddhist for many years and was ordained into the Triratna Buddhist Order in 1995. In 2008 she published Living Well with Pain and Illness (Piatkus), and in 2013 she co-authored You Are Not Your Pain (titled Mindfulness for Health in the UK) (Piatkus). Both these books are based on the Breathworks approach. www.breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk www.vidyamala-burch.com
FOREWORD BY ANNA BLACK In my own work as an artitst and as a teacher of both mindfulness meditation and Betty Edwards’s Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain® course, I’ve always been interested in the links between drawing and meditation. Experiencing that place where "I" gets out of the way, the critical voice shuts up and all there is is the moment of the mark appearing as the drawing draws itself. That is when the magic happens. Too often, though, we get caught up in an unhelpful cycle of judgement and expectations about how we think our drawing is supposed to be. The same thing can happen when we meditate: our mind, crammed full of monkeys having a bun fight, is judged a "bad" practice; or the monkeys are snoozing so that must be a "good" one. The reality is, whether your monkey mind is having a party or taking time out, the invitation is always just to notice how it is, and let go of wanting things to be a particular way.
When we can allow things to be as they are, we are no longer resisting our experience and a myriad of possibilities can arise.
I love Draw Breath because it encourages you to simply be with your experience and the process of mark-making. There is no right or wrong or an expectation to produce something that another will judge as "a good drawing". Your breath is unique and every exploration you make of it will be too.
Draw Breath is a practice you can come back to time and time again. There’s no need to try and categorize or label it. You may enjoy some exercises more than others; you may get bored, frustrated, or feel calm or relaxed. Tom’s invitation is simply to explore and discover your breath, what it has to tell you and how you relate to that. Enjoy the journey! Anna Black
Anna Black has been teaching mindfulness meditation since 2006. She has written numerous books on mindfulness including Living in the Moment (2012, Cico Books) and Mindfulness on the Go book and card set (2017, Cico Books). Her books have been translated into six languages. Anna is also an artist and a certified and licensed Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain® teacher. She has been teaching Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain® workshops in the UK since 2008. She brings drawing and meditation together in her Mindful Drawing workshops, which she has been running since 2014. www.mindfulness-meditation-now.com www.learn-to-draw-right.com www.annalouisablack.com 7
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Introduction We’re all waking up to the catastr ophic effect of human activity on the environment, from the world’s polluted oceans and its sea life tainted with plastic, to the air polluti on caused by massproduction, defore station and fossil fuels. We all want to do our bit, but sometimes it can be difficu lt to know where to begin. Eco-Thrifty (made from sustainable and recyclable papers and card!) is the perfect
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Primarily, your ikigai should be something that joy and leaves brings you you feeling fulfilled rather Even if your ikigai is related to making than drained. should also make others happy, it you happy; it won’t be someth do out of a sense ing you of obligation. Your ikigai will usually help you connect to the around you, as people it’s often about what you can world rather give to the than what you can take. For writer’s work will instance, a be read and discuss will be viewed ed, an artist’s work and a volunte er’s time will person. An ikigai help another will also be active something that – not passive . It’s you deliberately pursue for the purpose of bringin specific g you joy, even if it’s as simple for a walk, reading as going a book or talking to a friend. Your ikigai is often related to things you can see growin and developing, whether you’re g working on a improving a skill project, or watching a child growing also why an ikigai up. This is will not be a specifi c goal. Your ikigai a defining part of your self that is will always be there is no finish with you, so line. However, it doesn’ ikigai can’t help t mean that your you achieve your dreams. For instanc your ikigai would e, not be to publish a novel, but it be sharing stories could and connecting with others. In case, publishing that a novel might be something course of pursuin you do in the g your purpos e.
companion to a more mindful approach to spending less and living more sustainably. Within these pages you will discover that it’s not just about making do in order to reduce your impac t on the environment , it’s also about getting creative and being stylish too,* wheth you take a pair er of scissors to a favourite old dress that has seen better days and revamp it into a bespoke new skirt with a tuck here and a new fasteni ng there, or you make use of the bruise d fruit languishing in your fruit bowl to rustle up someth ing delicious.
Being eco-thrifty is about saving money, saying no to waste and enjoying the good things in life on a budget, and this guide with tips on how to live inexpe nsively with a mindful approach to your carbon footprint will show you how. By the end of this book, you may find that you have a new mindset when it comes to thinkin g creatively about the
waste you produ ce, making the most of the things you already have, and limiting your impact on the environment .
* check out how to make a photo frame with this very book on p.42!
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New for 2019 BEECH
Other Names for Beech: Faggio, Fagus, Bog, European Beech, Common Beech HOW TO IDENTIFY: Commonly found growing on chalky soils and in hedgerows, the elegant beech tree is surely one of the UK’s most graceful native trees. It grows to approximately 40 metres tall and is memorable for its large dome-shaped crown and smooth silvery bark. Beech leaves in the spring are soft, smooth and diaphanous, as well as having a delicious lime-green hue. By summer, the oval leaves have changed to dark green and the silky hairs seen on the young leaves have disappeared. Autumn’s chills turn the leaves a striking copper colour, catching the fading light in the hedgerows and woodlands. Male and female flowers grow on the same tree in spring, followed by catkins producing beech nuts to feed wildlife in the autumn.
HISTORY: The English word ‘book’ is derived from the Anglo-Saxon boec. Beech wood bark is soft and in Saxon times was used as an early form of parchment, where text would be inscribed into it. Graffiti declaring love can often be seen carved into
the bark of beech trees. Helen of Troy is said to have carved the initials of her lover into the bark of a beech tree. Some of the many uses for beech wood include furniture, keels for ships, chairs, clogs and bowls, and it is thought that piles of beech wood were driven into the peaty marshland in Hampshire to create the foundations for Winchester’s eleventhcentury cathedral.
Prayers said under a beech tree will go straight to heaven and beech bark or leaves carried as a talisman will ensure good luck. The beech is believed to be nurturing and protective. Its canopy gives shade and beech nuts provide nutritious food that can be eaten raw. Lost travellers will come to no harm if they shelter under the branches of the beech tree. Be careful, though, not to swear under the tree or it will drop a branch.
FOLKLORE: Saint Leonard lived a solitary life in a beech forest in the Sussex–Hampshire border. He had dedicated his life to prayer and cherished the peace and tranquillity of the woodland. Unfortunately, the woods were also inhabited by snakes that disturbed his peace in the daytime and nightingales who kept him awake by singing all night long. Saint Leonard prayed that all the snakes and nightingales would leave the forest so that he could enjoy silence once more, and from that time on neither of these creatures were ever seen again near beech trees. Known by the Celts as the ‘tree of wishes,’ a fallen branch was regarded as an invitation from the fairies to write your wishes on a twig and push it into the soil. Your wish would then be taken into the underworld for consideration by the fairy queen.
FOLK MEDICINE: Beech leaves have been used to relieve swellings by boiling them to make a soothing poultice. This is done by heating the leaves in water and wrapping them around the affected area and securing with cloth. The water collected from the hollows of ancient beech trees was thought to cure eczema, psoriasis and many other skin complaints. To speed up the healing of the skin, the patient would sleep on a mattress stuffed with beech leaves Other common uses: •
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Why dead-end jobs are good for you Working in a dead-end job can sometimes feel like a living nightmare of interminable drudgery and gloom, but it’s comforting to remember that 99.9 per cent of the population experience this life-sap at some stage in their lives. While you feel your drive and enthusiasm slowly drain away like that lukewarm soy latte you forgot to drink, keep in mind that even your most tedious jobs have value. Whether the job you’re doing is the bottom rung towards a career goal or maybe you’re simply shovelling metaphorical shit, take note of the skills you are racking up for when you one day move on to far, far better things. It might also help to remember that no job is perfect – not even the one you’ve been dreaming of since you were five and told everyone about at Show and Tell. So, make sure you take this opportunity to master the arts of tolerance and admin. Also, bear in mind that your job isn’t your whole
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life! Sure, it might take up a large chunk of your waking hours, but think about all those hours that you’re free. As you’re using your day-job to pay the bills and save towards that thousand-dollar mono-fin so you can be a real-life mermaid, use your free time to do something more relevant to your future career or personal fulfilment. Working on a voluntary basis at the weekends, or for a charity you care about in the evenings is a great way to not only get more out of your time but also to bolster your CV for the next role you apply for. If nothing else, working in a deadend job is going to teach you some powerful lessons – namely what things you definitely do not enjoy doing (and, if you’re lucky, some things that you do). And when you do eventually fulfil that dream of handing in your notice, you can do so knowing that any job you go to next will feel like absolute paradise. And hey, you make a great Easter bunny! Just try not to scowl...
Draw a simple 10 cm/14 in.-diameter segmented shell on to one of the pieces of 30 cm x 21 cm (12 in. x 18 in.) card (you may want to adjust the size of the shell a little to suit the size of your T-shirt). Leave at least 4 mm/0.25 in. between the sections of the shell; if these areas are too narrow, the shell will be difficult to cut out.
3 Trim small strips of double-sided sticky tape to fit around the edges of one stencil. You will need to stick the tape as closely to the edges as possible, if there are any gaps the fabric paint may run underneath the stencil. Peel off the surface of the double-sided tape.
4 Iron the T-shirt to remove any creases and then slip the piece of thick cardboard inside, ensuring the card is beneath the area of fabric which you are going to paint. Not only will this create a smooth surface for sponging, it will also prevent the colour from seeping through to the back of the T-shirt.
2 Carefully cut out the middle sections of the shell using a craft knife. Always protect your work surface with a cutting mat and work slowly for safety and accuracy. To make a second stencil, use the first as a guide to draw an identical shell shape on to another piece of 30 cm x 21 cm (12 in. x 8 in.) card. Cut out the sections of the second stencil in the same way. 14 THE MERMAID CRAFT BOOK
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5 Place the stencil (stickyside facing down) over one side of the T-shirt and smooth the card with your hand to make sure all areas of the stencil are stuck to the fabric. OCEAN FASHION
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