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Transcendent Waves

How Listening Shapes Our Creative Lives

Bibbe Hansen 

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How can thoughtfully and intentionally listening to our world inspire our creative practices? What insights can we gain when we delve into the immersive world of sound, which permeates our every moment? In Transcendent Waves, sound healing practitioner, meditation teacher, and artist Lavender Suarez outlines how listening can unlock moments of creative spark, self-awareness, and mindfulness in a work that is equal parts how-to guide and contemplative artist's workbook. Suarez's illustrated meditations combine the open-ended freedom of Yoko Ono's Grapefruit with the profound psychological insights of Oliver Sacks to offer a modern take on the impact of listening in a world that gets louder every day. Featuring an introduction by Bibbe Hansen--artist, Warhol star, and daughter of Fluxus co-founder Al Hansen--Transcendent Waves compiles scientific evidence, anecdotes, and thoughtful prompts for readers to manifest a sense of wonderment and appreciation for the intricacies of listening and the new perspectives it can bring to our daily creative worlds.

Product Details

PublisherAnthology Editions
Publish DateDecember 15, 2020
Pages120
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781944860363
Dimensions6.3 X 4.7 X 0.5 inches | 0.4 pounds

About the Author

Lavender Suarez is a sound healing practitioner, meditation teacher, and artist. She has hosted workshops and performed at numerous museums and artistic institutes including MoMA, the Guggenheim, the Hirshhorn Museum, and the Rubin Museum of Art, providing educational and meditative deep listening experiences. Transcendent Waves is her first book.
Bibbe Hansen is a writer, performer, visual artist, and veteran of Andy Warhol's Silver Factory and the 1960s NY experimental theater and film underground. She is the daughter of Fluxus and Happenings artist Al Hansen, and the mother of visual artist Channing Hansen and pop musician Beck.

Reviews

Transcendent Waves is a delightfully experimental new book which pays homage to the creative power of deep listening and the potential for sound to serve as a gateway towards transcendence. - Redefine Magazine, Jan. 2021
Virtually every page of this book features a concept that forces you to reconsider your approach to listening, to music and the world around you. For Suarez, listening is an active mode rather than a passive one; by focusing on it, sound can spark your imagination and kickstart your creativity. There are countless waves waiting to be caught. - Aquarium Drunkard, Book Club Selection, Jan. 2021
Lavender Suarez beautifully details the ideas behind how sound affects the world we live in. - Selective Memory Magazine (Dec. 2020)

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