I love Paris in the springtime I love Paris in the fall I love Paris in the winter when it drizzles I love Paris in the summer when it sizzles – lyrics by Cole Porter With an average August temperature of around 33.5C and relative humidity that can edge up to near 70%, Kyoto, sister city to Paris, can be unbearably hot in summer — yet there are many ways to love it when it sizzles. We recently had occasion… Read more »
Artist Miya Ando grew up on the grounds of a Buddhist temple in Japan and in a remote area of California. Her spare and contemplative works in metal, glass and natural materials are filled with light and strength, revealing ancestral influences as the descendent of Nicheren Buddhist monks in Bizen, Japan and the 16th generation of a samurai sword craftsmen family. Her humor and warmth quite possibly come from her father’s Jewish/Russian lineage. Ando was born in the United States… Read more »
