The talented musician Nakamura Masaki interpreted in Shaku-hatchi six Artistic Propositions by Dr. Paul Briot.
Masaki Nakamura, Shakuhachi
From a family of Buddhist monks, Nakamura was supposed to take over the temple and become a monk but instead decided to pursue the spirit through music.
Shimada Saiso Japanese Calligraphy Shodo
SAISO SHIMADA: How many artists do you know when asked to draw their auto-portrait draw their spirit?
Shodo, Zen, Qigong (Kikou) and Advanced Yoga Practices: the Ultimate Combination for Universal Shodo
Shimada Saiso has combined for many years shodo, zen and qigong (kikou), with the result that her shodo illuminates and lifts with an energy that is rare. As far as Zen is concerned, from what I understood Saiso Shimada learned Zen from a Jesuit — from a school founded by Hugo Enomiya-Lassale. According to some articles, the founder of the place Hugo Enomiya-Lassalle was present and suffered from the Hiroshima atomic bomb in WWII. After that, he…
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SHODO & MEDITATION
SHODO AND DEEP MEDITATION
Musical Paintings Shodo
Saiso Shimada, a talented shodo artist who has created thirteen pieceds of shodo art which elevate us with a moment of silence.