BRATTLEBORO-The Vermont Insight Meditation Center and Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts are co-hosting a special event featuring author David Hinton.
"The Edges of Consciousness and Our Place in the Cosmos" takes place at Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, 181–183 Main St., on May 24, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Registration is required.
Hinton, a translator of ancient Chinese poetry and philosophy,"has found a way to use his deep understanding of Chinese spirituality to shed light upon the limits of ordinary perception and how we can challenge those limits in ways that open us to the patterns of nature and the movement of the universe," Paul Rodrigue, Vermont Insight teacher, said in a news release. "These insights will liberate your thinking."
Hinton will read from his new book, Orient: Two Walks at the Edge of the Human. In this book, Hinton blends poetry and prose, taking readers with him "on two walks into the wild beauty and archaeological ruins of the desert Southwest, where he maps the edges of consciousness and our place in the Cosmos," the book jacket reads.
The event will feature an interview between Hinton and Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts co-owner Petria Mitchell and a discussion with Hinton. Copies of the book will be available for sale by Antidote Books, and the event includes a book signing.
Two registration fees are available to accommodate different financial situations: $60 and $40. Members of the public can purchase tickets at bit.ly/814-hinton.
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