Mind Work
Shedding Delusions on the Path to the Creative Core
Selected Essays
by Peter Clothier
ISBN: 978-0-9779774-4-4
Paperback
$18
In this collection of short, highly readable essays Peter Clothier explores his past and present in the effort to discern which parts of his life are essential and which might be left behind. Within the framework of an active Buddhist meditation practice, Mind Work is an authentic search for the creative core through a process of uncompromising self-examination, conducted in the belief that the closer we come to core of the individual “self,” the more we discover about our shared humanity, and the more we open ourselves up to creative inspiration.
Peter Clothier's Mind Work is evidence… that a closely examined life is a rich and rewarding one. We are offered that rare thing, the privilege of witnessing a life unfolding, intelligently and humanely, toward ever-deeper wisdom and compassion.
Bodhipaksa, author of Wildmind: A Step-by-Step Guide to Buddhist Meditation and Living as a River: Finding Fearlessness in the Face of Change
What the reader gets is a first-hand account of what it is to be a human being in pursuit of greater attention, clarity and compassion. The Buddha taught nothing more than that… Mind Work is a testament to the integral endeavors of a human being, no more, no less.
Stephen Schettini, author of The Novice and the blog The Naked Monk, and leader of Quiet Mind Seminars and Workshops
[I am] inspired by the author’s grappling with the human condition. This important book portrays a life well lived. Clothier deftly weaves family history with metaphysical questioning.
Gregg Chadwick, artist and author of Speed of Life: Studio Notes of a Contemporary Artist
