The magnolias are in season, and Papillon offers a reflection on why they’ve always been revered and beloved
impermanence
Snow Under the Moonlight
The comforting chill of impermanence, the immanent glow of white above reflecting the slushy sleet underneath crunching boots…
The Elixir of Immortality: The First Emperor of China’s search into Tibet
Newly discovered epigraphic evidence proves that Qin Shihuang sent imperial agents to Tibet on a search for immortality
The Silent Dance of Snow
From her bedroom and study at Robinson College, Dr. Irene Lok shares a poem about impermanence as snow falls across Cambridge
The First Sermon’s Shadow: Nepalese artist Mahima Singh’s “Transcendence through Simplicity”
Mahima Singh brings impermanence from the abstract to the real with installations and performance art for the human condition
Nostalgia and Memory: Hong Kong Artist Sara Tse on Loss, Love, and Life
Hong Kong artist Sara Tse’s extraordinary solo exhibit is a secular retrospective on impermanence, nostalgia, memory, and re-telling
Remember to Change Your Oil
There was another time when one of my teachers — the abbot on a temple just outside of downtown Los Angeles — pulled me aside to tell me something important. I was expecting him to share enlightening words with me. In a way, his advice proved to be wise, albeit unexpected. He wanted to remind […]
Late Summer
The spell is over. The orgy is over. We get what we want, then time runs out. We who were born by phallus and wand pass on. Like summer flowers thriving in the untended edges of the yard.
