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Charles Johnson: How Art Can Liberate Our Perception

Name: Charles Johnson: How Art Can Liberate Our Perception
Uploaded: 2023-02-23T14:51:39.000Z
Duration: 32 min 34 s
Channel: Tricycle
Description: In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, sits down with novelist, essayist, screenwriter, professor, philosopher, cartoonist, and martial arts teacher Charles Johnson to discuss his path to writing, how Buddhism finds its way into his work, and why he believes that art should liberate us from calcified ways of thinking and seeing.

by Tricycle

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4.9

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talks

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Meditation

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Everyone

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In this episode of Tricycle Talks, Tricycle’s editor-in-chief, James Shaheen, sits down with novelist, essayist, screenwriter, professor, philosopher, cartoonist, and martial arts teacher Charles Johnson to discuss his path to writing, how Buddhism finds its way into his work, and why he believes that art should liberate us from calcified ways of thinking and seeing.

Art Liberation Perception Writing Buddhism Zen Eastern Philosophy Meditation Martial Arts Philosophy African American Literature Creativity Sanskrit Philosophical Fiction Sanskrit Language Graphic Novels Creative Process

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