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Mount Tobisu Dawn Moon, from the 100 Aspects of the Moon by Yoshitoshi (1839 – 1892). Introduction Opportunities come in many forms, even in the guise of a sore throat. Since I have been feeling a bit under the weather I decided to use the next few...

Visual Arts The well-attended recent Seattle Art Fair provided a numbered of opportunities to get a glance at work and artists we don’t often see in this region. Bay Area artists such as Ruth Asawa and Hung Liu had a number of works on view. Asawa,...

隅田川 Sumidagawa (literally, “corner river,” but actually no known meaning) First a quick note. WordPress isn’t handling footnotes correctly anymore. Not sure why, so the footnote links are not working. You’ll have to manually scroll to the end of the...

The following article I found very interesting. It was circulating on Face book before I saw it on the Sampradaya Sun this morning. It is a very informative and is worth repeating here. The Samurai: Protectors of the Cow by Jahnava Nitai das Mar ...

Is a rose in full bloom beautiful? How about a decaying flower losing its petals? Are straight teeth or crooked teeth more aesthetically pleasing? Would you rather put a gilded porcelain vase or a warped, weathered piece of pottery in the middle of your...