Arts-based and contemplative practices in research and teaching [electronic resource] : honouring presence / edited by Susan Walsh, Barbara Bickel, and Carl Leggo.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction / Susan Walsh, Barbara Bickel, and Carl Leggo -- 2. Lectio Divina : an invitation to readers / Kerri Mesner, Barbara Bickel, and Susan Walsh -- 3. Lectio one -- 4. Writing witness consciousness / Susan Walsh and Heesoon Bai -- 5. Lectio two -- 6. To see, to know, to shape, to show : the path of an indigenous artist / Vicki Kelly -- 7. Lectio three -- 8. Companions with mystery : art, spirit, and the ecstatic / Celeste Snowber and Barbara Bickel -- 9. Lectio four -- 10. Wrestling with the angels of ambiguity : queer paths in contemplative activism / Kerri Mesner -- 11. Lectio five -- 12. Woman overboard : pedagogical moments of performative inquiry / Lynn Fels -- 13. Lectio six -- 14. Improvising vulnerability through freestyle rap inquiry / Sean Park and Shahar Rabi -- 15. Lectio seven -- 16. Loving language : a poet's vocation and vision / Carl Leggo -- 17. Closing Lectio.