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Legacy Of Light: Recalling The Artistic Life And Times Of My Friend Peter Brandes
Legacy Of Light: Recalling The Artistic Life And Times Of My Friend Peter Brandes

(ESSAY) Over the next year, Peter Brandes’ health deteriorated but he kept working — designing and making prints for three art books — one of poetry, one of the ancient hymns of Romanus, another of the story of Isaac and Ishmael. And, he made many drawings. Finally, on Jan. 4 he died, with Maja Lisa by his side. His legacy is a body of work — both sacred and secular — unique in the 20th and early 21st centuries. A gift to the world.

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Architecture, Arts & Culture, Christianity, Europe, History, North America, protestants, Religion, Art & Music, Art and MusicRoberta Green AhmansonRoberta Green Ahmanson, roberta ahmanson, Roberta Ahmanson, art, essay, personal essay, Peter Brandes, news, church art, recharge, Christianity, Europe, religion, religious art, art and cultureComment
The 300-Year-Old Monastery in Japan That’s Full of Westerners
The 300-Year-Old Monastery in Japan That’s Full of Westerners

(ESSAY) Over the course of our hour together, Sokyu had walked me through the 16-year journey which had taken him from a mundane life n Budapest to a Hungarian witch who claimed to see angels and healed by waving her hands over him, then finally to an 18th-century Zen monastery in the mountains of rural Japan.

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Asia, Buddhism, Culture, History, News, TravelEric R. StoneEric R. Stone, Buddhism, Japan, religion, personal essay, essay, news, Asia, Buddhist monastery, travel, recharge, Secondary featureComment