For a brief period, Leonard Cohen was a practising Buddhist monk, therein the folk musician and poet was given a profound ...

Don’t Be a Jerk” is the title of a book about Dogen by Zen teacher Brad Warner. Dogen was a 13th century Zen monk and the founder of Soto Zen.

Two Japanese self-help books, whose Korean titles translate as “The low-consumption life” and “The monk’s way of cleaning,” ...

Japanese calligraphy, or shodo, is an ancient art that blends writing with beauty. It requires years of practice and patience ...

Agnes Martin’s story begins in 1912 with her birth in the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada, which she once said was “like being born in Siberia.” Understandably, much has been made of the influence of ...

As the art world makes long-overdue progress toward gender parity, the market for work by women artists has been steadily ...

Can sea slugs form abstract thoughts? Do we dare to see any "purpose" in evolution? Is the subjective just a complicated form of the objective? Nikolay Kukushkin's One Hand Clapping is a bold voyage ...

From a retreat renovated by a monk to a hotel floating above the paddy fields, these lodgings are worth a trip to the ...

Ahead of the quartet’s US tour, guitarist Dan Meyer, guitarist/producer Richard Chowenhill and bassist Leah Levinson discuss ...

Japan does have a structured waste-management system that's well-organized and effective. This system supports the cultural ...

Every seasoned traveler has a few secret places they’ll never post about—the tucked-away beaches, hidden mountain towns, and under-the-radar cafes that still feel untouched by the masses. These are ...