“The Mind Illuminated” as a Complete Meditation Guide
John Yates’s book, “The Mind Illuminated”, is a modern road map and guide for meditation integrating wisdom and brain science. Read More
ART of Acceptance, Reflection, & Transformation
ART of acceptance, reflection, and transformation is an art (creative), an acronym (A.R.T.), and a practice of personal growth for holistic well-being. Read More
Before Me: Was, Is, & Will Be
Before Me: Was, Is, Will Be, the barren and the dark, that blackens the indigo so I dance barefoot across the ice. Read More
Reflections on Depression in Johann Hari’s “Lost Connections”
Reflections on depression in Johann Hari’s “Lost Connections”: possible alternative causes and solutions, expands thinking about our mental health, hope, and holistic well-being in this world. Read More
Empathy with Compassion and Respect
Empathy involves bringing a compassionate voice to core values, personal truths, with intuitive understandings. With these mindful considerations, we can build meaningful lives with positive intentions and interactions. Read More
Book Talk: Bedtime Stories for Adults by Kirsten Wallace
Book Talk: Bedtime Stories for Adults by Kirsten Wallace — cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, the vagus nerve, and deeper sleep. Read More
Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas by Leigh Brasington
Book Talk on Right Concentration: A Practical Guide to the Jhanas by Leigh Brasington for meditators, deep focus, and the jhānas. Read More
Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem by Gloria Steinem
In Revolution from Within: A Book of Self-Esteem, Gloria Steinem sets out to restore the self-authority that such injustice has undermined. Read More
Book Talk: Understanding & Practicing Buddhism to Become Stress and Anxiety Free by Michael Williams
Book Talk: Understanding & Practicing Buddhism to Become Stress and Anxiety Free by Michael Williams Read More
The Mind Illuminated by John Yates
Without a doubt, John Yates’s book, “The Mind Illuminated“, is an essential modern road map… Read More
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach is an illuminating book looking at overcoming constricted and unfulfilled lives. Read More
With Grace, into the Epilogue
Though this nascent rise, we traverse though narratives of enlightenments that become the songs of seasons tuning soul-wisdom. Read More
Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period by Margaret Atherton
In Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period, Margaret Atherton selects seven of these notable philosophers… Read More
Being and Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre
Being and Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre contemplates consciousness, subjective observation and meaningful existence. Read More
The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha by Thomas Byrom
The Art Matrix Magazine book talk: The Sayings of the Buddha, shared in this book by Thomas Byrom, understandable, simple, and lyrical. Read More
Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir
Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir is a classic introduction to existentialist thought. In the book, de Beauvoir outlines a series of “ways of being” Read More
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, is a remarkable memoir of resilience and redemption, and a revelatory… Read More
Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacque Rousseau
Reveries of the Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacque Rousseau Read More
Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a hideous sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment. Read More
Loving-Kindness at the Heart of Mental Well-Being
Loving-kindness at the heart of mental well-being starts with your inner child. Entwined in the matrix with the heart is the mind and the soul of holistic well-being. Read More
The Art of Holistic Well-Being Book Reviews
A.R.T. = Acceptance + Reflection + Transformation The Art Matrix Magazine The Art of Living… Read More
Community and Culture Book Reviews
The Art Matrix Magazine Community and Culture Book Reviews features books under the umbrella theme… Read More
Core Practices Book Reviews
The Art Matrix Magazine Core Practices Book Reviews features books under the umbrella theme of holistic well-being. Read More
The Matrix Book Reviews
The Art Matrix Magazine Matrix Book Reviews features books under the umbrella theme of holistic well-being. Please stay tuned as Book Reviews and extended Book Talk Posts are added on a daily basis:) Read More
Journeys Book Reviews
The Art Matrix Magazine Journey Book List features books under the umbrella theme of holistic well-being. Read More
The Keys Book Reviews
The Art Matrix Magazine Keys Book Reviews features books under the umbrella theme of holistic well-being. Please stay tuned as Book Reviews and extended Book Talk Posts are added on a daily basis:) Read More
The Art of Living Book Talk
The Art of Living Book Talk–by Thich Nhat Hanh, is an essential, practical addition to your holistic well-being library. Read More
As the Crows Fly
“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.”
― Plato Read More
Six Degrees of Acceptance
Where earth meets sky, is the vision, best held in accepting the six degrees as the heart rises connected by being soulfully alive. Read More
The Matrix of Holistic Well-Being
The matrix is your holistic identity. The art is the creation of the matrix. So you are the artwork and the artist as well. Read More
The Keys to Holistic Health
The 7 keys support the empowerment of holistic well-being. This depends greatly on positive, intentional attitudes and a growth mindset. Read More
Trail Angels
What is life but a thru-hike and section hikes and with gratitude, we also meet the trail angels who quietly nourish body, mind, heart, soul, and spirit. Read More
Your Identity as an Art Matrix
Opening the door to a magazine called The Art Matrix Magazine, opens reflections on what the ‘Art Matrix’ means. Read More
Possibilities and Hope
We need possibilities which give us creative opportunities to build hope–growth mindset with more possibilities and hope. Read More
Wither, Orpheus
Wither Orpheus, your underworld game for such virtues reframe — art matrix poetry, stories and more creating holistic well-being. Read More
In Gratitude & Paying-it-Forward
In Gratitude & Paying-it-Forward with empathetic mindsets, we share quiet ‘gifts’ along the way, to enrich each other on our shared journeys. Read More
Echo of the Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage is a journey, in search of new or expanded meaning about their self, others, nature, or a higher good, through the experience. Read More
“Winds of Silak” by Bonnie Rose
The Art Matrix Magazine Book Talks reviews “Winds of Silak” by Bonnie Rose Read More
My Stream of Consciousness
My Stream of Consciousness, a poem of a sapphire and tangerine rising, the tune a sad trombone laments assailing the heart… Read More
Cerulean Waters
In this poem, Leah mends hope for the outliers, above the cerulean waters, together, across the calm September blue. Read More
Karen von Kunes and “Milan Kundera’s Fiction”
Karen von Kunes and “Milan Kundera’s Fiction: A Critical Approach to Existential Betrayals” fit together like two peas in a pod. Read More
The Theatre
I heard distant news in my travels
tales of a satire called Seasons played at the Maytime theatre Read More
“On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are” Puts No-Self Against Identity
This book talk on the book, On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are, talks about Watt’s theory of Buddhist ‘no-self’ concept vs identity. Read More
“American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins
The Art Matrix Magazine Book Reviews: Author, Jeanine Cummins, shares a fascinating story of resilience and the will-to-survive, in American Dirt. Read More
Out of the Abyss
Moving out of the abyss, accepting the existence of the Leviathan ~ a force which still haunts, pushes states of disquiet determined to disrupt the equanimity of the psyche. Read More
Philosophical Poetry
Philosophical Poetry of Kahlil Gibran: On Giving, On Freedom, On Reason and Passion Read More
“On the Road” by Jack Kerouac
The Art Matrix Magazine Book Talks reviews “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac Read More
The One-Line Poetry Collection
In the art of being authentic, writing the one-line poetry collection reflects on ART-Accepting + Reflecting + Transforming, with integrity. Read More
On Authenticity
The philosophy of being authentic ~ the essence & expression of your intrinsic, rational yet intuitive wisdom rooting being-in-the-world, with integrity. Read More
The Awakening Heart
The awakening heart, animating principles. of compassionate being, poetry of empowerment and mental health. Read More