Transparency – Furthering Relationships Through Art and Mindfulness - Mindful Reflections: Exploring Legacies, Deepening Connections

The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.
― Paulo Coelho, Eleven Minutes

Loving Kindness Practices increase positive emotions, strengthen health, and enhance the quality of our lives. Moreover, these practices help us to navigate relationships with greater tolerance and appreciation for those we love. These same practices can help us to forge a connection with the artists who help us to envision our worlds in new ways and with the images they create. In this session, we will practice open-heartedness and apply this open-heartedness to our experiences of the artwork. Take homes will include brief skills for bringing an open heart to our daily interactions with others.

Mindful Reflections: Exploring Legacies, Deepening Connections

Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.
― Shannon Alder

In July of 2024, The Bascom will sponsor its third Mindfulness Series. These Friday experiences will take place from 9:30-10:30 am on July 5, 12, 19, and 26.  Each of the four mindfulness sessions are interrelated and stand-alone allowing participants to register, free of charge, for the entire series or for individual sessions as schedules allow. The series is suitable for all levels of experience from beginners to seasoned mindfulness practitioners.

The sessions will link Legacies, The Bascom’s annual theme, with Reflections, the theme of June’s main gallery exhibit. The Reflections exhibit features the work of two generations of glassblowers. In this work, we will see the influences of artistic legacy. Through mindfulness, participants will explore the impact of these artistic legacies, their personal legacies, and will take home brief mindfulness skills designed to enhance their lives and relationships.

Please register early for each session you wish to attend. Should you find that you are unable to attend a session, please contact The Bascom to cancel. Each session will close as it reaches capacity and a waitlist established. Cancelling will allow others to attend. Please wear comfortable clothing suitable for gentle movement.