About the Book
and its Makers
About the Book
Published first in 2000 by Frances Lincoln Ltd. in the UK and Skylight Paths in the US, Becoming Me tells a story of creation as if from the Divine point-of-view. Text by Martin Boroson and paintings by Chris Gilvan-Cartwright dance together to tell the story with utmost simplicity. Eschewing the language of any specific tradition, Becoming Me has been praised by scientists, psychologists, and leaders of many different faiths.
Profound fun for all ages
From rich endpapers that suggest the golden oozing goo of creation to the gloriously hued chaotic mass at its end, we sense the relationship of color, light, and sound in the cosmic creation—and at the heart of it all is the voice of God. Daring? Yes. Presumptuous? No. There is a humility and simplicity-and just enough mischief-in the writing that makes it somehow plausible that the person of God has written this book, describing the enormous complexity of creation in terms of self-discovery. It resolves beautifully in the way that God becomes human, and how in human form we still forget that we are God. Profound fun for all ages, a delight for anyone who enjoys pondering imponderables.
Napra Review
Antoinette Botsford, Review Editor,
September/October 2000
About the Author
Author Martin Boroson has been working for many years to develop a modern, multicultural understanding of spirituality that unites head and heart, theory and practice.
Born in New York, Martin Boroson studied Western philosophy at Yale, followed by private study of Eastern philosophy and the work of C.G. Jung. He earned an MBA from the Yale School of Management, and trained in transpersonal psychology with Dr. Stanislav Grof. He is a leadership coach, a faculty member of Mobius Executive Leadership, and founder of the One-Moment Company. He was recently ordained as a Zen priest in the Hollow Bones Rinzai Zen order. He is the creator of One-Moment Meditation and the author of One-Moment Meditation: Stillness for People on the Go.
About the Painter
Chris Gilvan-Cartwright is a graduate from Central Saint Martins (BaHons first class), Academy Fine Art Cracow Poland ( Painting under Prof. Nowosielski) and Turps Art School. He won the Royal Overseas league Travel scholarship where he painted in India and Nepal. On his return he was commissioned to design the BBC Proms logos for two seasons. In 2019 he was artist in residence at Glyndebourne Opera House and was selected for Bloomberg New Contemporaries. He has exhibited widely and performed as The Baron Gilvan at the Towner Museum of Contemporary Art and Hastings Contemporary.
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