Creative Unearthing Community Resources
Books on Fiber Practices (stitching, weaving, etc.)
-Resilient Stitch: Well Being and Connection in Textile Art by Claire Wellesley-Smith
-Poetic Cloth: Creating Meaning in Textile Art by Hannah Lamb
-Slow Stitch: Mindful and Contemplative Textile Art by Claire Wellesley-Smith
-Fragmentation and Repair for Mixed-Media and Textile Artists by Shelley Rhodes
-Natural Processes in Textile Art From Rust Dyeing to Found Objects by Alice Fox
-The Intentional Thread: A Guide to Drawing, Gesture, and Color in Stitch by Susan Brandeis
-Drawn to Stitch: Line, Drawing and Mark-Making in Textile Art by Gwen Hedley
-Creating Sketchbooks for Embroiderers and Textile Artists by Kay Greenlees
-Experimental Textiles: A Journey Through Design, Interpretation and Inspiration by Kim Thittichai
-Mark Making: Fresh Inspiration for Quilt and Fiber Artists by Helen Parrott
-Layered Cloth: The Art of Fabric Manipulation by Ann Small
-True Colors: World Masters of Natural Dyes and Pigments by Keith Recker
-African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent by John Gillow
-Embroidering within Boundaries: Afghan Women Creating a Future by Rangina Hamidi & Mary Littrell
-Threads Around the World: From Arabian Weaving to Batik in Zimbabwe by Deb Brandon
-Women Artisans of Morocco: Their Stories, Their Lives by Susan Schaefer
-The Unbroken Thread: Conserving the Textile Traditions of Oaxaca by Kathryn Klein
-Every Thread a Story: Traditional Chinese Artisans of Guizhou Province by Karen Elting Brock, Linda Ligon and Wang Jun
-Joomchi & Beyond by Jiyoung Chung
-The Quilts of Gee’s Bend by Susan Goldman Rubin
-A Textile Traveler’s Guide to Peru & Bolivia by Cynthia LeCount Samake
-Three-Dimensional Embroidery by Janet Edmonds
-Hand Dyed: A Modern Guide to Dyeing in Brilliant Color for You and Your Home by Anna Joyce
Books on Art and Writing as a Healing Practice
-Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils and Rewards of Art Making by David Bayles and Ted Orland
-Trust the Process: An Artist’s Guide to Letting Go by Shaun McNiff
-How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice by Pat Schneider
-Finding What You Didn’t Lose: Expressing Your Truth and Creativity Through Poem-Making by John Fox
-poemcrazy: freeing your life with words by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge
-Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words by Kim Rosen
-Writing as a Way of Healing: How Telling Our Stories Transforms Our Lives by Louise DeSalvo
-Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
-These Fevered Days: Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson by Martha Ackmann
-A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry by Mary Oliver
Books on Buddhism
-Deep Hope: Zen Guidance for Staying Steadfast When the World Seems Hopeless by Diane Eshin Rizzetto
-Recovery Dharma: How to Use Buddhist Practices and Principles to Heal the Suffering of Addiction
-Ordinary Wonder: Zen Life & Practice by Charlotte Joko Beck
-The Deepest Peace: Contemplations from a Season of Stillness by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel
-Welcoming the Unwelcome: Whole Hearted Living in a Broken Hearted World by Pema Chödron
-Ensō; Zen Circles of Enlightenment by Audrey Yoshiko Seo
-Zen and the Art of Photography: A Guide to Mindfulness in Creativity by Douglas Beasley (applies beautifully to any art form, I believe)
-The Zen of Creativity: Cultivating Your Artistic Life by John Daido Loori
-Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets, & Philosophers by Leonard Koren
-Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence by Andrew Juniper
-The World Could Be Otherwise: Imagination and the Bodhisattva Path by Norman Fischer
Books on Nature/Deep Ecology
-Thinking Like a Mountain: Towards a Council of All Beings by John Seed, Joanna Macy, Pat Fleming and Arne Naess
-Beauty: The Invisible Embrace by John O’Donohue
-Earth Meets Spirit by Douglas Beasley
-Forest Bathing: How Trees Can Help You Find Health and Happiness by Dr. Qing Li
-The Wisdom of the Shamans by Don Jose Ruiz
-Morning Altars by Day Schildkret
-Spiritual Ecology: Cry of the Earth
Books on Spirituality (not specifically Buddhist)
-Lightworker by Sahvanna Arienta
-The Wisdom of the Shamans by Don Jose Ruiz
-Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self by Sandra Ingerman
-The Way of the Shaman by Michael Harner
-The Healer’s Manuel by Ted Andrews
Books on Poetry
-Poetry of Presence: An Anthology of Mindfulness Poems
-Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What is Sacred by Mark Nepo
-Drinking from the River of Light by Mark Nepo
-The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns by Matty Weingast
-Space Between Stones: Poetry and Practices for Connecting with Nature, Spirit, and Creativity by Kai Siedenburg
-A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
-Devotions by Mary Oliver
-To Bless the Space Between Us: A Book of Blessings by John O’Donohue
-Words Under Words: Selected Poems by Naomi Shihab Nye
-The Peace of Wild Things by Wendell Berry
Magazines:
-Tricycle: Buddhist Review (online and in print)
-Lion's Roar: Buddhist Wisdom for Our Time (online and in print)
Articles about Buddhist Terms and Concepts:
-"The Zen of Not Knowing" by Zenkei Blanche Hartman on Tricycle.org
-"What is a Bodhisattva?" on Tricycle.org
-"What are the three marks of existence?" on Tricycle.org
-"What is Buddhanature?" on Tricycle.org
-"Do I have to be religious to be a Buddhist?" on Tricycle.org
-"Learning from Doubt" by Jack Kornfield
-"What You're Not Doing Matters" by Kimberly Brown on Tricycle.org
-"What's in a Word? Samādhi" by Andrew Olendzki
-"The Eight Worldly Winds: Gain, Loss, Status, Disgrace, Praise, Censure, Pleasure, Pain" by Domyo
-"The Four Layers of Consciousness" by Thich Nhat Hanh
-"Mapping Your Mind: The Original Buddhist Psychology" on Tricycle.org
-"The Internal Cosmos of the Mind" on Tricycle.org
-"What is Theraveda Buddhism?" on Tricycle.org
-"What is Mahayana Buddhism?" on Tricycle.org
-"What is Vajrayana Buddhism?" on Tricycle.org
Articles about Buddhist Meditation Practices
-"Five Practices to Change Your Mind" on Tricycle.org
-"Lovingkindness: May All Beings Be Happy" by Melvin Escobar
-"How to Practice Tonglen" by Pema Chödrön
-"The Gateway to Compassion" by Lama Palden Drolma on Tricycle.org (about the Tibetan tonglen meditation practice)
-"Visualizations" by Lama Yeshe
-"Mind as Mirror" by Jundo Cohen on Tricycle.org
-"A Short Meditation for Caregivers Battling Burnout" on Tricycle.org
Articles on Zen Peacemaking / Engaged Buddhism
-"Practice for a World at Risk" by Roshi Joan Halifax: https://www.lionsroar.com/practice-for-a-world-at-risk/
-"Meditation is a Political Act" by Dan Zigmond on Lion's Roar website and magazine
Articles on Body Senses & Somatic Practices
-"Through the Gateway of the Senses" by Francesca Fremantle
-"Making Friends with the Felt Sense" by David Rome
-"The Art of Somatic Mindfulness" by Willa Blythe Baker
-"The Practice of Intimacy" by Roshi Joan Halifax, through Upaya Institute and Zen Center