The Hour of the Tiger

Miyamoto Musashi opened his last testament (later titled the Book of Five Rings or Gorin No Sho) by saying that he raised … More

Sarumawashi

Tsuba (Japanese sword guard) with a man and a monkey in the tradition of Japanese “monkey dancing.” Sarumawashi, literally “monkey … More

The Wanderer

“The man weary in spirit cannot withstand fate, nor may the troubled mind offer help.” – The Wanderer, Anglo-Saxon poem.

Streaming Some Thoughts

Yet let’s be content, and the times lament, you see the world turn’d upside down After over a year of … More