This emotionally stirring film, Story of a Sign, by Alonso Alvarez Barreda was the winner of the fourth annual online competition of the 2008 Short Film Corner at Cannes. Its powerful message urges us to look at things from a new perspective. Presented by the national Film Board of Canada, in collaboration with the Cannes … Read more
Master Taisen Deshimaru said: “To think is to choose to observe and comprehend, even if one is disturbed by oneself or others. Ultimately, to think means to understand, to understand primordial matter, the first thing in history.“ Master Ok-Sung An-Baron said: “Between he who has conquered a hundred thousand men in battle and he who … Read more
I’ve been writing a lot lately about how we seem to have lost our way in this country; about how we value material possessions over family, friends, and belief in a higher power of our choosing. Today I was reminded that there are people who have never lost sight of what is most important in … Read more
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it … Read more
A few days ago a dear friend who has long studied Native American culture passed along an email from someone who had recently attended a talk by Don Alverto Taxo, a master Iachak of the Atis (Kichwa) people from the high Andes Mountains of Ecuador. Taxo was given the highest honor of Master Iachak by … Read more
