Kevin Townley
Kevin Townley
Author / Entertainer / Educator

Look, Look, Look, Look, Look Again

Buddhist Wisdom Reflected in 26 Artists

 

Released through Lion Heart Publishing, a division of The Open Heart Project

Order now on:

Kindle Feb.14

Paperback Feb.22

Audiobook coming soon!

A mad riot of interconnections: art, Buddhism, mandala principle, spiritual pursuits, growing up goth in the 90s, the theories of Marshall McLuhan, and a mongoose—to name but a few.

 

Beautifully written and hilariously disarming, Look, Look, Look, Look, Look Again vibrates with lucid insight into society, history, and establishment, while teaching you a lot about meditation and Buddhism along the way. In exploring the practice, life, and work of these 26 artists (all of whom are women) through the lens of the five wisdom energies, you come away with a deeper understanding of yourself, the world, and the true dharma that transcends culture and religion—and a profound gratitude for anyone really willing to look.

Meditation teacher, filmmaker, writer, and art savant Kevin Townley turns his unique gaze upon 26 artists and magnifies the power and meaning of the five Buddhist wisdom energies through explorations of their work. Rather than trying to “explain” these energies, he reveals them to you in familiar visual language while, of course, pushing the boundaries of what you might have thought you saw at first glance. Townley leads you to, invites you in, and sometimes springs upon you, the perennial wisdom in the worlds of artists from Artemisia to Hilma af Klint to Marilyn Minter.

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featuring clips from:

Men In Black 3, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Sitter, The Skinny, andMy Super Ex-Girlfriend.

 


 

48 Hr Film Festival - Watch The Short Now!

https://vimeo.com/170055750

 
 

 

FILM & TELEVISION

FBI: MOST WANTED/ Supporting - CBS/Carlos Bernard

THE LAST O.G./ Supporting - TBS/Reginald Hudlin

MADAM SECRETARY/ Supporting - CBS/Rob Greenlea

THE DETOUR/ Supporting - TBS/Jason Jones

THE FOLLOWING/ Supporting - CBS/Nicole Kassell  

MEN IN BLACK 3/ Featured - 20th Century Fox/Barry Sonnenfeld  

THE SITTER/ Supporting - 20th Century Fox/David Gordon Green

LAW & ORDER/ Supporting - NBC/Jean de Segonzac

LAW & ORDER: CI/ Supporting - USA Network/Ken Girotti

LAW & ORDER: SVU/ Featured - NBC/Helen Shaver

US & THEM/ Supporting - Fox/Michael Patrick Jann

MY SUPER EX­GIRLFRIEND/ Supporting - 20th Century Fox/Ivan Reitman

THE COMEDY/ Featured - Glasseye Pix/Rick Alverson

SHERRI/ Featured - Lifetime/Andrew Weyman

 

OFF­-BROADWAY

GOODBAR/ Singer - The Public Theatre/Arian Moayed

SHOCKHEADED PETER/ Balladeer - Little Shubert/Crouch & McDermott

MY DEAH/ Myrna Loy/Scooter - Abingdon Theatre/Mark Waldrop

THE/KING/OPERETTA/ J. Edgar Hoover - Barrow Street Theatre/Tom Ridgely

MARCO MILLIONS/ M.C. - Lion Theatre/Tom Ridgely

 

About

Portrait: Julia Gandrud

 

Kevin Townley is a writer, filmmaker, actor, singer, and meditation teacher. He began formally studying Buddhism in 2010 and currently practices with the Sokuko-Ji Zen community under the guidance of Kyoun Sokuzan. He has taught Buddhism and meditation for over a decade.

His film and television work include appearances in My Super Ex-Girlfriend, Men in Black III, The Detour, and Law & Order.

With his band, Bambï, Townley adapted Rossner’s Looking for Mr. Goodbar into the rock opera called GOODBAR, performed at The Public Theater. He has written extensively for the Waterwell theater company and Rookiemagazine.

He has also led hundreds of art tours in museums across the United States, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.

His first book Look, Look, Look, Look, Look Again… is released Feb 14 ‘22.

 
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