Via interlibrary loan, from the Meridian Public Library, I obtained and am extremely enjoying reading a thoughtful 2022 book with comics by Grant Snider titled The Art of Living: Reflections on Mindfulness and the Overexamined Life. Grant is an orthodontist and an artist. He has a web site called Incidental Comics. The book begins with:
THE ATTENTION MANIFESTO [Page 5]
I will pay attention to what’s in front of me. [Page 6]
I will make a blank space in each day. [Page 20]
I will do one thing at a time. [Page 36]
I will put my thoughts on paper. [Page 52]
I will go outside no matter the weather. [Page 72]
I won’t be afraid to be bored. [Page 86]
I will experience the world with my body and mind. [Page 96]
I will find beauty in the everyday. [Page 112]
I will stay open to wonder. [Page 126]
At Incidental Comics on July 1, 2020 there is an Attention Manifesto comic strip which is not in the book. Here are links to a dozen comics appearing in the book, as presented on web pages at his Incidental Comics site:
Stillness [Page 15]
Openness [Page 16]
Contemplation [Page 24]
How to be happy [Page 38]
Beginning [page 53]
What to do on a rainy day [Page 75]
Ripples [Page 88]
Uphill [Page 98]
The path to empathy [Page 101]
Getting over [Page 103]
Morning light [Page 113]
Multitudes [Page 132
The reading man was adapted from a line drawing on page 20 in the Walt Stanchfield book Gesture Drawing for Animation, which you can find at the Internet Archive.
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