
Art

American ambient music purveyor Jefre Cantu-Ledesma on his antivocational artistry, ordaining as a Zen priest, and his Shaker-inspired album, Gift Songs

Chee Shimizu’s Organic Music
The Tokyo-based DJ, record store owner, and deep listening advocate on the Buddhist threads that connect his vast and varied produce

Breathing Light
Artist Joseph Ramirez and Buddhist teacher Justin von Bujdoss discuss dark meditation and Ramirez’s work, The Gold Projections, with Tricycle’s Philip Ryan.

Letting the Ink Flow
Japanese artist Yoshio Ikezaki’s new works embrace impermanence, intuition, and the energy of change.

Inside the Making of the New Red Pine Documentary
An interview with Dancing with the Dead director Ward Serrill

A Long Guest in Someone Else’s Home
Indie rock luminary Phil Elverum on the Buddhist breadcrumbs in his back catalog, “Non-Metaphorical Decolonization,” and the art of being engaged but not hung up

Empty Vessels
American photographer Amir Zaki on disrupting dualities, koan breakthroughs, and the inherent connection between empty skate parks and Zen Buddhism

Dharmic Improvisations
Exploring monastic music traditions, apocalyptic visions, and Drukpa anarchism with singular guitarist Tashi Dorji.

Aural Pastoralist
Talking Western psychology, Buddhist recovery, and tenacious groundhogs with visionary American folk guitarist Joseph Allred

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