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Jared Beekman
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Statues for Inmates
Started Oct 5, 2010 0 Replies 0 Likes
When I was in I couldn't have a statue made of metal or stone for obvious reasons. Now I had, and still have, altar cards which can be gotten reasonably cheap. While searching around for Tsa'Tsa…Continue
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Jared Beekman replied to Kate Crisp (PDN Director)'s discussion What Book(s) Changed Your Life?""42" and "Sorry for the Inconvenience" are nearly mantras with life starts to go down the crapper for me! If you haven't read the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, and companion novels, you won't get it but it's…"
Jared Beekman replied to Kate Crisp (PDN Director)'s discussion What Book(s) Changed Your Life?"Healing Anger by the Dalai Lama, a href="http://www.snowlionpub.com/html/product_5249.html" target="_blank">Working With Anger by Ven. Chodon, and Gateways to Buddhist Practice by Chagdud Tulku were three of the myriad which…"
Sobhanandi Evers commented on Jared Beekman's blog post A little shameless promotion"I sold a statue of Kuan Yin on Marktplaats (a Dutch sort of Ebay) as a fundraising for a retreat centre we are building. It was bought by a woman who loved buddhist statues and it was the one she missed in her collection. I went with her to find a…"
Jared Beekman commented on Jared Beekman's blog post A little shameless promotion"I typically only work in graphite with a little chalk pastel for contrast so that's fairly cheap. $13 for pencils, 5-10 for pastels, then whatever a pad of giant paper happens to cost, about the same. I originally showed this piece at a show in…"
Tonia Davenport commented on Jared Beekman's blog post A little shameless promotion""Inspiring" is in the eye of the beholder. Who's to say that any art need be classified under a particular genre to make a connection with the viewer? Art supplies really are expensive though aren't they? Stay true to your…"
Jared Beekman commented on Jared Beekman's blog post A little shameless promotion"Bleh, where are my manners! Thanks!"
Jared Beekman commented on Jared Beekman's blog post A little shameless promotion"This is the only piece I have right now. My wife, who just signed up for PDN today, has another of the Dalai Lama I did and some assorted works that are less... inspiring (I'm a metal head as well as a Buddhist) I've been doing the…"
Tonia Davenport commented on Jared Beekman's blog post A little shameless promotion"It's a beautiful drawing, Jared. Have you considered selling your work, in general, with proceeds going to your favorite charity? I found this very rewarding myself; to use talent I was given to benefit others. Are you going to be offering…"
Jared Beekman's blog post was featuredA little shameless promotion
For those of you that liked that picture of the Dalai Lama I drew I decided up put it up on Ebay for auction. I had spoke with my spiritual mentor while in prison because I had some misgivings about charging to religious works but he assured me that as long as what I do with the money…See More
Jared Beekman posted a blog postA little shameless promotion
For those of you that liked that picture of the Dalai Lama I drew I decided up put it up on Ebay for auction. I had spoke with my spiritual mentor while in prison because I had some misgivings about charging to religious works but he assured me that as long as what I do with the money…See More
Jared Beekman posted a discussionStatues for Inmates
When I was in I couldn't have a statue made of metal or stone for obvious reasons. Now I had, and still have, altar cards which can be gotten reasonably cheap. While searching around for Tsa'Tsa moulds so I can work on my preliminary practices, and learning how to spell that word properly I might add, I found http://tsatsastudios.org and their idea of using rubber to make the statues to provide to inmates…See More
Carter (PDN Admin) commented on Jared Beekman's blog post Drawings"Wow, Jared, those are phenomenal! Thanks for sharing them"
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A little shameless promotion
Posted on October 2, 2010 at 12:00pm 6 Comments 0 Likes
For those of you that liked that picture of the Dalai Lama I drew I decided up put it up on Ebay for auction. I had spoke with my spiritual mentor while in prison because I had some misgivings about charging to religious works but he assured me that as long as what I do with the money… Continue
Drawings
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 3:49pm 2 Comments 0 Likes
I did this drawing for the yearly art show offered by Community Partners in Action in Hartford, CT and thought some of you may enjoy it.
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PMI's FREE Post-Release Community Meditation & Yoga Class
April 1, 2013 at 4:30pm to July 1, 2013 at 5:45pm – Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence
Prison Mindfulness Institute's FREE Post Release / Community Meditation and Yoga class at the Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence: Every MONDAY, 4:30 - 5:45 with Richard Sylvester a…
Organized by Carter (PDN Admin) | Type: class, -, every, monday!
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Path of Freedom Webinar (Spring)
May 6, 2013 at 7pm to May 23, 2013 at 9pm – Online
With Fleet Maull May 6 - 23 Six Sessions, (Mondays & Thursdays for three weeks) Hope you can join us! Hours for the training are: 7-9pm Eastern 5-7pm Mountain Time 4-6pm Pacific This program is…
Organized by Carter (PDN Admin) | Type: facilitator, training, webinar
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Prison Yoga Teacher Training
June 29, 2013 at 11am to June 30, 2013 at 6pm – California Institute of Integral Studies
The Prison Yoga Project (PYP) in collaboration with the Insight Prison Project is offering a special training at San Francisco’s California Institute of Integral Studies (C.I.I.S.) for yoga teachers…
Organized by jennifer@insightprisonproject.org | Type: yoga, facilitator, training
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Yoga of Recovery Certificate Courses
August 4, 2013 to August 14, 2013 – Yoga Farm, Grass Valley, CA, USA
Yoga Alliance certification CEUs available Yoga of Recovery is the first comprehensive course to combine Ayurveda and Yoga with traditional recovery tools to offer a more holistic mind, body, spirit…
Organized by Durga Leela | Type: certificate, training, course
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