

The Japanese Cowboy: An Encounter with Amami's “Zorba the Buddha”
“I would like you to enjoy the wholeness of your being, when your body, your heart, your intellect all fall in tune. I have called that...
E.P.
Mar 25, 2024


The “People” Pencil Cases of Bruce 2nd
Bruce Lee Torizawa's studio in Kyoto’s Arashiyama district is a cornucopia of patterns, colours, fabrics, images and symbols. But no...
E.P.
Apr 5, 2022


White Horse and Painted Pipe
Tradition is a bit like eating a chicken wing: not much meat on it, but such a waste to throw it away. So you keep it. You keep it for...
D.T.
Mar 4, 2022

The Legacy of Ernst Grosz
Some years just tiptoe behind you, hardly noticeable, and then they are gone. Some years, full of disappointment and setbacks, seem to...
D.T.
Jan 19, 2022


Tap-Dance
In the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, in one of the upstairs galleries, is a very small sculpture mounted on a pedestal and...
D.T.
Mar 29, 2017


An Encounter with Realistic Fantasy
As I sit at my desk at the University I am filled with high anticipation at the prospect of this week’s departmental star attraction; the...
D.D.
Oct 18, 2016