曲者 – Kusemono

In the Hagakure, a book written by the samurai official Yamamoto Tsunetomo in the 17th-century, the author writes about the … More

Sisyphus

Albert Camus penned an exploration of the absurdity of life titled The Myth of Sisyphus. In it, Camus examined the … More

I don’t know what Mishima’s goal was, and maybe he didn’t either, but his actions signaled his understanding of the … More

“Almost all non-literate mythology has a trickster-hero of some kind. […] And there’s a very special property in the trickster: … More

Visual.ly has a great video on the Art of War. A good leader leads with discipline and benevolence. Measurement and … More

Yep, that title is an eye-catcher but I am drawing on a quote from him that the greatest value of … More

These words are highly evocative and it is no surprise that the great Japanese writer Yukio Mishima used them as … More