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John Lane

John Lane author of, A Snake's Tail Full of Ants, is a painter and writer. He is the Art Editor of Resurgence and trustee of Dartington Hall Trust.

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Intense Images • John Lane

Issue 249 • July/August 2008 • Music for Transformation > Reviews

Koudelka, Robert Delpire | Dominique Eddé | Michel Frizot | Anna Fárová

An Innocent Eye • John Lane

Issue 247 • March/April 2008 • Long Live Biodiversity! > Reviews

Mary Newcomb

THE CREATIVE IMPULSE • John Lane

Issue 238 • September/October 2006 • Celebrating 40 Years of Resurgence > Reviews

Every Man an Artist (ed.) Brian Keeble and On the Nature & Significance of the Crafts by Brian Keeble

THE NATURAL VISION • John Lane

Issue 237 • July/August 2006 • Reflecting on India > Culture

A tribute to John Constable, written to coincide with an exhibition at Tate Britain.

Review - THE CREATIVE IMPULSE • John Lane

Issue 236 • May/June 2006 • Animate Earth > Web Exclusives > Review

On the Nature & Significance of the Crafts by Brian Keeble

BACK TO THE FUTURE • John Lane

Issue 236 • May/June 2006 • Animate Earth > Reviews

Architecture in Wood by Will Pryce

LUMINOUS VISION • John Lane

Issue 234 • January/February 2006 • Earth, Wealth and Wellbeing > The Arts

A tribute to the visionary painter Samuel Palmer.

ANIMAL MAGIC • John Lane

Issue 233 • November/December 2005 • The Answer is still Peace > Reviews

Review - ELABORATE EMBROIDERY • John Lane

Issue 231 • July/August 2005 • The Four Pillars of Sustainability > Web Exclusives > Review

Bright Flowers by Christina Sumner and Guy Petherbridge

GLIMPSES OF PARADISE • John Lane

Issue 231 • July/August 2005 • The Four Pillars of Sustainability > Reviews

Heaven on Earth

THE FLOATING WORLD • John Lane

Issue 230 • May/June 2005 • Inspired Designs > Reviews

Hokusai

SOLITUDE'S SECRET HARVEST • John Lane

Issue 229 • March/April 2005 • The Spiritual Imperative > Feature Articles

A look at the lives and work of creative recluses.

FIRED EARTH • John Lane

Issue 227 • November/December 2004 • Dialogue with Nature > Reviews

Brick: A World History

ESSENTIALLY ENGLISH ARTISTS • John Lane

Issue 225 • July/August 2004 • Seeds of Life > Reviews

The England of Eric Ravilious and Ben Nicholson: drawings and painted reliefs

THE ACT OF OBSERVATION • John Lane

Issue 224 • May/June 2004 • The Heat is On > Reviews

Henri Cartier-Bresson

FROM HUMANISM TO WHOLENESS • John Lane

Issue 223 • March/April 2004 • Art for Earth's Sake > Feature Articles

Integrating art, land and life.

THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO GLOBALISATION • John Lane

Issue 223 • March/April 2004 • Art for Earth's Sake > Reviews

Dwellings: The Vernacular House Worldwide and Cosmic Architecture in India

TREASURES IN STONE • John Lane

Issue 222 • January/February 2004 • Natural Governance > Reviews

The Temples of Angkor and Ruins of Angkor in Cambodia in 1909

THE BEAUTY OF ISLAM • John Lane

Issue 220 • September/October 2003 • Science and Spirituality > Reviews

Islamic Art and Architecture and The Mosque

SEEING THE WORLD AFRESH • John Lane

Issue 218 • May/June 2003 • Futility of War > Reviews

Matthias Grünewald and Henri Cartier- Bresson: Landscape/Townscape

IN SEARCH OF AWARENESS • John Lane

Issue 217 • March/April 2003 • Myth of Prosperity > Feature Articles

The paintings of John Danvers.

PLEASURES IN PRINT • John Lane

Issue 216 • January/February 2003 • Patterns of Wholeness > Reviews

The Floating World of Ukiyo-E.

OF KIFF AND KLEE • John Lane

Issue 215 • November/December 2002 • The Power of Nature > Reviews

Ken Kiff and Paul Klee Selected by Genius

SACRED SPACES • John Lane

Issue 214 • September/October 2002 • Challenge at Johannesburg > Reviews

Architecture of Silence and Architecture of Truth

CREATIVE IMPULSE • John Lane

Issue 213 • July/August 2002 • Reverential Ecology > Reviews

Raw Creation and Ben Hartley

SPANISH SENSUALITY • John Lane

Issue 212 • May/June 2002 • Kamasutra: The Art of Love > Reviews

Picasso Erotique

ONLY AN EYE, BUT WHAT AN EYE! • John Lane

Issue 211 • March/April 2002 • A sense of belonging > Reviews

Atget the Pioneer, The English Angel

PARADISE FOUND • John Lane

Issue 210 • January/February 2002 • In Adoration of Nature > Reviews

Icons of Garden Design

WHAT IS CRAFT? • John Lane

Issue 209 • November/December 2001 • Crafts for Christmas > Crafts

A decent tradition of work.

A MODERN MASTER • John Lane

Issue 208 • September/October 2001 • Technology: dream or nightmare? > Reviews

Arthur Boyd: Art and Life

A VISION REVISITED • John Lane

Issue 207 • July/August 2001 • Art Makes Life > Reviews

William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books/William Blake: Chambers of Imagination

THE ART OF SCIENCE • John Lane

Issue 206 • May/June 2001 • The Earth is all the home we have > Reviews

Homage to Gaia

IMAGES FOR THE SOUL • John Lane

Issue 205 • March/April 2001 • Good food and better farming > The Arts

Robin Baring is an artist of mystical vision.

SACRED PLACES • John Lane

Issue 204 • January/February 2001 • The force of imagination > Reviews

The Spirit of Asia

• John Lane

Issue 203 • November/December 2000 • It is a gift to be simple > Reviews

How the Whale Became

• John Lane

Issue 203 • November/December 2000 • It is a gift to be simple > Reviews

The Tribal Arts of Africa Chokwe!

PEOPLE'S CRAFT • John Lane

Issue 203 • November/December 2000 • It is a gift to be simple > Reviews

Traditional Pottery of India The Golden Age of Irish Art

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT • John Lane

Issue 202 • September/October 2000 • Homage to Gaia > Reviews

Chardin

MUCH ADO ABOUT MODERNISM • John Lane

Issue 201 • July/August 2000 • Only Connect - Soil, Soul, Society > Reviews

Modern Times Modern Places

THE RURAL SPELL • John Lane

Issue 200 • May/June 2000 • Culture of Compassion > Reviews

Village Voices: French Country Life, and On Country Roads and Fields: The depiction of 18th and 19th century landscape

PHOTOGRAPHIC VISION • John Lane

Issue 199 • March/April 2000 • You are, therefore I am > Reviews

Brandt: The photography

CITY OF SHIVA • John Lane

Issue 198 • January/February 2000 • Nature Millennium > Reviews

Benares Seen from Within

PRAISE TO INDIA • John Lane

Issue 197 • November/December 1999 • Transport > Reviews

River of Colour: The India of Raghubir Singh and India: Don McCullin

ENCHANTING BEAUTY • John Lane

Issue 196 • September/October 1999 • Myth of Progress > Reviews

Five Centuries of Sienese Painting

OBJECTS OF ENCHANTMENT • John Lane

Issue 194 • May/June 1999 • special crafts issue: A Tale of Tapestry > Feature Articles

We know ourselves from the things we have made.

CULTIVATING A GARDEN • John Lane

Issue 194 • May/June 1999 • special crafts issue: A Tale of Tapestry > Reviews

A SPIRITUAL WARRIOR • John Lane

Issue 193 • March/April 1999 • Deterrence - Nature - Wild > Reviews

Loyalty Demands Dissent

Craft: POETRY OF NEEDLE AND THREAD • John Lane

Issue 192 • January/February 1999 • The Language of Animals > The Arts

Work in an office or a factory is seen to be the sign of progress in our time but for Cecilia Löfström embroidery of beauty holds value.

ARTS OF ASIA • John Lane

Issue 192 • January/February 1999 • The Language of Animals > Reviews

Master works of Asian Art, Dancing to the Flute: Music and Dance in Indian Art and Indian Court Painting 16th-19th century

THE FOURTH WISE MAN • John Lane

Issue 191 • November/December 1998 • Wildlands Philanthropy > Reviews

The Greatest Gift: The Story of the Other Wise Man

RICH TRADITIONS • John Lane

Issue 190 • September/October 1998 • Nature, Science and Society > Reviews

Tribes - Art Wolfe

BODY ART • John Lane

Issue 189 • July/August 1998 • Right to a Way of Life > Reviews

Decorated Skin: A World Survey of Body Art

TRANSFORMING CITIES • John Lane

Issue 188 • May/June 1998 • The Gene Debate > Reviews

The Resurgence of the RealA HUMBLE DEFIANCE

SONG OF LIFE • John Lane

Issue 186 • January/February 1998 • Natural Spirituality > Reviews

appreciates a storyteller.

THEATRE IN A LIVING CULTURE • John Lane

Issue 181 • March/April 1997 • Land reform in Britain > Feature Articles

Footsbarn is a multi-cultural community whose skills are shared co-operatively. Its theatre is a travelling tent. It is one of the most exciting theatre companies in Europe today.

THE PERFECT ENJOYER. • Clive Hicks & John Lane

Issue 181 • March/April 1997 • Land reform in Britain > Reviews

The Face of Glory by William Anderson