Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 728.01
EAN: 9780517704004
ISBN: 0517704005
Label: Clarkson Potter
Manufacturer: Clarkson Potter
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: November 11, 1997
Publisher: Clarkson Potter
Release Date: November 11, 1997
Sales Rank: 989300
Studio: Clarkson Potter
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Product Description:
Anthony Lawlor is known as the architect who brings soul to design. His acclaimed book The Temple in the House showed how to and the sacred in architecture. Now, in A Home for the Soul, he reveals how our houses and apartments can become havens of inspiration and renewal.
'From the moment we're born, we seek to find home.' Lawlor says, 'Yet, despite this primal longing, our dwelling places often disappoint us.' In A Home for the Soul, we discover that the depth and meaning we seek is right in front of us if we but have the eyes to see. Lawlor teaches us how to develop a consciousness about the spiritual possibilities inherent in our interior surroundings; he shows how to recognize the sacred in material form. 'Each time we bathe,' says Lawlor, 'we not only cleanse the body, we refresh the spirit. Each time we open our front door, we enter a universe of connection and signifcance.'
Lawlor leads us on a journey through each room of the house, opening our vision to hidden possibilities. We discover, for example, how a stove expresses the transforming power of nature, how clothes closets reveal our inner personalities, and how home of ces display our talents. Lawlor shows us the mythological and archetypal meanings within the common objects of daily life--such as a bed, a bathtub, a pair of shoes, or a loaf or bread.
The author also offers practical suggestions for arranging or building soulful homes. He explains how to use wood, tile, brick, and stone to express qualities of the spirit and how to use furniture and personal objects as allies in creating meaning.
Finally, Lawlor shows us how to construct a Mandala of the Soul--a wood cabinet with compartments for housing the symbols of home that have particular personal meanings for each reader.
In these pages, we come to understand how all the rooms we live in can form a sacred place of wholeness, a home that cares for and uplifts the totality of mind, body, and soul.
Amazon.com Review:
Mindfulness has become a common religious buzzword. In A Home for the Soul award-winning architect Anthony Lawlor shows us how to decorate a home that encourages mindfulness from every bathroom and bibelot. Despite a (perhaps unavoidable) tendency toward camp and solipsism, the stunning photographs and insights into the potentially sacred details of domestic living prompt you to pay closer attention to your immediate environment. For example, 'Books are like small altars, each page serving as a threshold for crossing into realms of broadened vision.' Investing the items around us with soulful symbolism is like living in a temple of one's own design.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A quick, helpful read, easily absorbed and it STAYS WITH YOU
Beautifully and intelligently written, this book is not another "how to hang a picture" or "the feng shui of sofa." Rather, it advises simple, practical ways of ... Read More
Rating: - This is not an interior design book. This is strictly for the Soul
This book is not for anyone who is looking for an interior design book. This book is strictly for the soul. We live in a world where we are in a rush to do everything. ... Read More
Rating:  - For those without taste!
This book seems to be written for people that have no taste in interior design/arrangement. For them it gives lots of ideas but not enough photo's for my taste. Reading through ... Read More
Rating: - Planning for a home, not a showcase
If you are looking for lots of ideas for floor plans, design or decorating ideas, this is not the book you want. If you are looking for a book that will help you create a space ... Read More
Rating: - Thus the difference between a house and a home.
Light a few candles. Put on the tea kettle. Find the most comfortable spot in your home and settle in. This book will transport you to the essence of your soul room-by-room. There ... Read More
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