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The Art of Setting Stones: & Other Writings from the Japanese Garden
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In Japanese gardens, composition follows from placement of the first stone; all elements and plantings become interconnected. These eight essays on Kyoto gardens similarly begin with keen description and build into richly meditative excursions into art, Buddhism, nature, and science. Landscape architect Marc Keane shows how Japanese gardens are both a microcosm of the natu
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Paperback, 160 pages
Published
September 1st 2002
by Stone Bridge Press
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A book of eight meditative essays, with themes rooted in Japanese gardens. Each begins with a lovely black and white illustration. The first essay, Currents, was my favorite.
+ Asymmetric placement of stones lends dynamic visual movement / potential energy.
+ Yin / Yang and perpetual imbalance.
+ Stones in garden as testament to community.
+ Stones as mountain in miniature.
+ Setting stones is fundamental to the act of garden building.
+ Stones are animate. Follow the request of the stone.
+ Garden as ...more
+ Asymmetric placement of stones lends dynamic visual movement / potential energy.
+ Yin / Yang and perpetual imbalance.
+ Stones in garden as testament to community.
+ Stones as mountain in miniature.
+ Setting stones is fundamental to the act of garden building.
+ Stones are animate. Follow the request of the stone.
+ Garden as ...more
Was disappointed to read that facts in here weren't concrete- led to believe it was going to be more of a discussion on the more pivotal parts of the Japanese garden.
If you want to know of the 'art of setting stones'- expect from this book, to not learn the 'art of setting stones' but to instead have a long-winded, emotionally-distant account of the author's (albeit accredited) viewpoint on the Japanese garden.
Self indulgent and tiring read. ...more
If you want to know of the 'art of setting stones'- expect from this book, to not learn the 'art of setting stones' but to instead have a long-winded, emotionally-distant account of the author's (albeit accredited) viewpoint on the Japanese garden.
Self indulgent and tiring read. ...more
This is one of those books that you take your time with. It's thoughtful and introspective, and really isn't something to breeze through. Like meditation, the experience is in the reading and not in the completion.
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It's rare to find such beautiful writing as this. I am pleased that I invested both time and money in it. I will enjoy reading many times.
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Reading The Art of Setting Stones was wonderful! The book was divided into eight sections, each written as a meditation on some aspect of the Japanese garden. Each section is filled with many little moments. I found myself taking a week to read each section, pausing to let each small moment settle before going on to the next. Keane’s words created images and feelings that needed to be enjoyed and absorbed, not rushed. The illustrations were as lovely as the words. The Art of Setting Stones is a
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This book ranges so far beyond gardening that people who just want garden tips will be bewildered. Keane covers relativity and quantum physics, ecology and ancient history, religion and psychology, all in a deeply effecting and poetic way that is beautifully written. I am truly grateful to have read this book.
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