Acorn

by Yoko Ono

Paperback, 2013

Status

Checked out

Publication

OR Books (2013), Edition: 1st

Description

"It's nearly 50 years ago that my book of conceptual instructions Grapefruit was first published. In these pages I'm picking up where I left off. After each day of sharing the instructions you should feel free to question, discuss, and/or report what your mind tells you. I'm just planting the seeds. Have fun." --Yoko Ono Legendary avant-garde icon Yoko Ono has inspired generations of artists and performers. In Acorn, she offers enchanting and thought-provoking exercises that open our eyes--and all of our senses--to more creative and mindful ways of relating to ourselves, each other, and the planet we cohabit. Throughout this beautifully designed book are 100 black-and-white line drawings by Yoko. Like this legendary woman herself, the book is wildly original, stimulating, and hard to label: Call it purposeful play, call it brain poetry, call it guided motivation, call it Zen-like incantations, call it whatever you want. But read it. Acorn may change the way you experience the world.… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member DavidWineberg
I have read an unfortunate number of self help, inspirational and coaching books that pretend to have all the answers if only you would contort your life into their formulas. They are by and large quite useless. Yoko Ono’s Acorn, however, is a whimsical breed apart. It does not prescribe; it
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invites. Yoko Ono has taken the simple pleasures of a child’s perception of the world and invited all to see them again. No pressure, no journals, no tests, no measurements. Just appreciate:

The sky is not only above our heads
It extends all the way down to earth.
Each time we raise our foot from the ground
We are walking in the sky.

Ono’s pleasing pointillist illustrations are a perfect complement to the short texts. They show great depth and imagination, so they fit beautifully. They can be anything you want them to be. They are reminiscent of Escher and Calder, with a dash of Dali.

Altogether, Acorn is an inspired delight. One last invitation from the author:

Take your pants off
Before you fight.

Tell your congressman.
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LibraryThing member greeniezona
Random discovery at the library. I checked it out largely out of curiosity. I have limited knowledge of Yoko Ono, but suspected she is much more interesting than her maligners make out.

I really liked this. A collection of instructions/poems/rituals for grounding/airing/burning your life. As
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instructions, clearly you will get out of this little book according to what you put into it. I want to find a copy of this somewhere to own, to have on my shelf to turn to when restless or brokenhearted.

So charming.
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Physical description

5.9 inches

ISBN

1939293235 / 9781939293237

Other editions

Acorn by Yoko Ono (Paperback)
Acorn by Yoko Ono (Paperback)
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