{"product_id":"eternitys-sunrise-9780415550727","title":"Eternitys Sunrise","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing on from \u003cem\u003eA Life of One's Own\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAn Experiment in Leisure\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEternity's Sunrise\u003c\/em\u003e explores Marion Milner's way of keeping a diary. Recording small private moments, she builds up a store of bead memories.' A carved duck, a sprig of asphodel, moments captured in her travels in Greece, Kashmir and Israel, circus clowns, a painting \u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e each makes up a ''bead'' that has a warmth or glow which comes in response to asking the simple question: What is the most important thing that happened yesterday? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom these beads  sacred, horrific, profane, funny  grows a sense of an answering activity', the result of turning one's attention inwards to experience real joy. What Marion Milner conveys so vividly and inspirationally is her lifelong intention to live as completely as possible in the moment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new introduction by Hugh Haughton, \u003cem\u003eEternity's Sunrise\u003c\/em\u003e will be essential reading for all those interested in reflecting on the \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe book is the culmination of Milner’s own literary journey, a final conjunction between her maverick take on psychoanalytic theory and her interest in art as it is created by or seen by people who are not ‘artists’, art historians or psycho-analysts. No-one can read the book, I think, without wondering about their own equivalent of Milner’s glass bead game or what mysteries lie concealed in the memories and souvenirs we bring back from our trips away from home and visits to galleries, as from our dreams.\" \u003c\/em\u003e– \u003cstrong\u003eHugh Haughton, from the new introduction. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements. Chronology. Introduction. \u003cstrong\u003ePART I: Diary Keeping on Holidays.\u003c\/strong\u003e A First Visit to Greece. A Second Visit to Greece. A Third Visit to Greece. Telling the Beads. The Gypsy and The Soldier. The Nature of the ‘Answering Activity’. ‘And Answer Came There None’. The Dancing Girl of Mykonos. A Fourth Visit to Greece. Other Beads from Other Places. ‘Not Seeing Mountains’. \u003cstrong\u003ePART II: Diary Keeping Between Holidays (A-Z). PART III: A Visit to Israel. PART IV: Work and Play. Further Meditations on the Beads and Some New Ones.\u003c\/strong\u003e A Moment of Eternity. The Source of Transformation. The Place of Transformation. Postscript. Notes. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402133283159,"sku":"9780415550727","price":99.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415550727.jpg?v=1730479489","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/eternitys-sunrise-9780415550727","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}