DJ Spooky & Scott Snibbe at the Rubin Museum
DJ Spooky and Scott Snibbe at New York’s Rubin Museum
Watch this lively discussion on the Rubin stage with Paul Miller (DJ Spooky) and Scott Snibbe about Snibbe’s new book, How to Train a Happy Mind. Scott and Paul talk honestly about when they’ve been at their best and worst in lives filled with art, music, and relationships—and how thousand-year-old Tibetan Buddhist analytical meditation techniques are still relevant today for achieving a happy mind, fulfilling relationships, and a better world.
About the Book
Featuring a foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, How to Train a Happy Mind introduces an eight-step meditation program inspired by the ancient Buddhist path to enlightenment yet firmly grounded in modern science. Breaking the path down into concise steps and written in a relatable tone with plenty of references to popular culture, the book helps us understand how our mind can be both the source of our problems and the source of our solutions.
About Paul Miller
Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky), a graduate of Bowdoin College, is a writer, artist, and musician who lives and works in NYC. His award-winning first book Rhythm Science was published by MIT Press in 2005, followed by Sound Unbound in 2008, and The Book of Ice in 2011. Miller’s work has been exhibited at museums and biennials throughout the world. He has performed in a wide variety of venues, including Tate Modern, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Herod Atticus Theater at the Acropolis, and has collaborated with a wide variety of artists from Chuck D to Yoko Ono. The iPhone app he developed with Music Soft Arts has been downloaded several million times. He has been a regular presence at the Rubin and was last on stage in the Karma series in 2018. www.djspooky.com
ABOUT SCOTT SNIBBE
Scott Snibbe is a new media artist and the executive director of A Skeptic’s Path to Enlightenment, and host of its popular meditation podcast. A pioneer of interactive art, Snibbe’s installations have been incorporated into concert tours, museums, and airports, and he has collaborated with musicians and filmmakers, including Björk, Philip Glass, Beck, and James Cameron. His work can be found in the collections of MoMA, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and other institutions. As a 25-year student of Tibetan Buddhism, Snibbe’s teachers include Ven. Sangye Khadro, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Jampa, and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Through their inspiration, he leads meditation classes and retreats worldwide that infuse the pure lineage of the great Buddhist masters with science, humor, and the realities of the modern world. This is his first appearance at the Rubin.