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1Art as Experience
Art as Experience
John Dewey
Treats art as an extension of ordinary experience and learning, a link also present in the title Learning Mind.
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2Relational Aesthetics
Relational Aesthetics
Nicolas Bourriaud
Examines art as social encounter and participation, close to the community-based practice Jacob has written about.
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3Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Shunryū Suzuki
A short classic on attention and openness in practice, useful for readers who link learning, mind and daily activity.
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4Zen in the Art of Archery
Zen in the Art of Archery
Eugen Herrigel
Describes learning a physical art through practice and the mind's state during it, a combination of art and psychology.
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5How We Think
How We Think
John Dewey
Explores how reflective thinking and learning develop through experience, a philosophical base for the book's subject.
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6Homo Aestheticus
Homo Aestheticus
Ellen Dissanayake
Argues from anthropology and evolution that making art is a basic human activity, linking the arts to the study of mind.
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7Wherever You Go, There You Are
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Jon Kabat-Zinn
A practical account of mindfulness that connects attention, learning and the mind's habits, close to the psychology side of the subject.
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8Six Years
Six Years
Lucy R. Lippard
A critical history of conceptual art that treats ideas and process as the artwork, central to thinking about art as learning.
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