Heart of the Brush
Kazuaki Tanahashi is a renowned calligraphic artist and teacher who works with hundreds of students throughout the world each year. In this online workshop, you can study with him up close, as he guides you in exploring the wondrous world of brush calligraphy.
Articles
Zen in Japan: Up to the Meiji Restoration
This is part of a series of articles on the arc of Zen thought, practice, and history, as presented in The Circle of the Way: A Concise History of Zen from the Buddha to the Mo...
North | An Excerpt from After Ikkyu and Other Poems
The mind of which we are unaware is aware of us. —R. D. Lang The rising sun not beet. or blood, but sea-rose red. I amplified my heartbeat one thousand times, the animals at first confuse...
Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan | An Excerpt from The Complete Cold Mountain
Poems of the Legendary Hermit Hanshan The Universality of Hanshan’s Writing Original Poems (Circa Late Sixth to Early Seventh Century) 15 A country person lives in a thatched-roof hut. ...
Art in a Time of Global Crisis | An Excerpt from Painting Peace
The Power of Art The Necessity of Political Art Art in a period of widely-perceived global crisis can never be the same as art in more stable times. Placid ripples of lake water on canvas may re...
Videos
Delight in One Thousand Characters | Kazuaki Tanahashi and Susan O’Leary | Mystery to Me
Friday, October 7, 2022 | 6:00pm CDT | Mystery to Me (Madison, WI)