Practicing Presence
- Marriage, Family & Relationships
- Women
- Publisher: Baker Books (Baker Publishing Group)
- Published: 2023
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Publisher's Description
Your camera isn't a distraction--it's your portal to presenceAs a mother, life often feels like it is passing by in a blur. You take countless pictures trying to freeze time and capture the memories, but in looking back find you barely even remember experiencing the moments. But what if there were a way to preserve your family's story while also becoming fully present within it? Combining the science of memory preservation with photography principles, professional photographer Joy Prouty shows you how to exit survival mode and enter the present moment through the photos you're already taking. With the camera as your magnifying glass for meaning, you'll learn to let go of perfect pictures, embody self-compassion, and rewire your brain to experience more joy in the memories you are making right now. Through human stories, poetic motherly wisdom, and gorgeous full-color photographs, Practicing Presence is your invitation to show up to the practice of fully living.
Endorsements (6)
“LISA”
“Motherhood, like photos, develops in the dark—those unseen, exhausting hours that shape us and break us and make us. Somehow Joy has captured all that refracted light in this book. If you were to take a mother and press her like a flower between the pages of a book, you would have these stories—delicate, tender, surprising, and sacred.”
“For those desperate to see light in their darkness, let Joy’s words guide you along the way. Through her vulnerability, I became open to my own. What our world needs now more than ever are whole people living out their God-given art. Read this book and breathe deeply the beauty of life.”
“Practicing Presence speaks to us through powerful writing and shows us, through Joy’s incredible images and poetry, what it truly means to be alive. Joy’s inspiring stories and moving method of communication speak right to the heart. This book had me not only believing in myself again but grabbing for my camera. This much-anticipated and welcome work is something I’ll be buying for every budding, blooming, and hidden creative I know. I highly recommend!”
“This book is a feast: beautiful, nourishing, healing, and celebratory. Joy Prouty is a lifelong artist who invites mothers to live artistically simply by showing up to witness the wonder of the present moment. Full of stories and advice, images and vulnerability, Joy’s book is the embodiment of her own name: a light in darkness. If you, too, are seeking more light, Practicing Presence will help unleash your creativity and your”
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