Josep and Oleguer suggest Kairós as potential publishers for the book.Ĭlaire reads Himalaya by Michael Palin, which, along with the 26th December Tsunami, compel her to compile the book, The Art of Living Guide - a Practical Guide to Being Alive. Come view spectacular Tampa art at the museum today. Josep Samarach, President of the Friends of UNESCO Barcelona, confirms that they will collaborate on the book. Josep, Agustín and Claire meet Federico Mayor Zaragoza, the former Director General of UNESCO (now Honorary Board Member of The Art of Living Guide NGO) who agrees to collaborate on the book.Ĭlaire and Oleguer meet with Agustín Pániker, the Director of Kairós Publishers, who agrees to publish the book in both Spanish and English (the first for Kairós), as well as to donate the profits to a designated NGO (as will Claire with her royalties). Several members of the United Nations' "Alliance of Civilizations" agree to contribute. Mikhail Gorbachev agrees to contribute to the book, as does Michael Douglas.Ĭlaire begins contacting potential authors for contributions to the book. Artists were making work that wasn’t quite dance, that couldn’t be called theatre, that didn’t fit into any of the categories on offer. Green Cross are selected as the NGO to which the proceeds of the book will be donated. The term ‘Live Art’ came into usage in the UK in the mid-1980’s, and was born out of a frustration by arts professionals to account for art practices that expanded or escaped the classifications in use. We have found paintings and drawings of human activity from the Paleolithic Era under rocks and in caves. The earliest cave paintings that we are aware of were created roughly 40,000 years ago. Many distinguished personalities also agree to contribute their thoughts: Desmond Tutu, Richard Branson, Mario Vargas Llosa amd Deepak Chopra, amongst others. As long as humankind has been conscious of itself, it has been creating art to represent this self. The Art of Living - a Practical Guide to Being Alive is published in English and Spanish. The Art of Living - a Practical Guide to Being Alive is launched by Federico Mayor Zaragoza at Gaudi's La Pedrera in Barcelona, Spain, where Claire also presents The Art of Living Guide website idea.
Presentation of the project at El Triangle, in FNAC, Barcelona, in September and October.Ĭlaire Elizabeth Terry and Tim Woolfson, the MD of Profitable Web Projects, meet.Ĭlaire meets Mikhail Gorbachev in Madrid, who dedicates several copies of the book. We could all use your advice.Ĭlaire Elizabeth Terry, Oleguer Sarsanedas and Tim Woolfson agree to form the website project.įederico Mayor Zaragoza agrees to be an Honorary Board Member of The Art of Living Guide. He claimed that his native town of Popayn had at least twenty churches. Stephenfry: Do you have something to say about the "Art" of Living? Then go to to share. Edgar Negret, a sculptor known for crafting geometric suns and flowers in aluminum, attributed one of the conceptual foundations of his work to be religion. Stephen Fry writes about AoLG on Twitter: What the heck is Living Art In a nutshell, structures and sculptures made from alive plants (and some people would include running water). The Universal Forum of Cultures agree to collaborate. The Art of Living Guide surpasses 40,000 page views!