Podcasts about Ikebana

One day, while serving as my mom’s live-in caregiver, we visited an art exhibit. We were emotionally and physically drained. I gazed at two wooden row boats filled with colorful blown glass shapes inspired by Japanese fishing lures and flower arrangements. The display sat in front of a black wall on a reflective surface—the Ikebana and Float Boats. Speckled, spotted, and striped glass orbs, like oversized gumballs, were piled into the smaller boat. From the hull of the second boat, long, twisted, and curved glass sculptures rose like vibrant flames. The artist had shaped each piece of molten glass through the refining fires of the glassblowing process. Tears streaked my cheeks as I imagined God’s caring hand holding me and my mom—His beloved children—through our hardest days. As God shapes the character of His people through refining fires in life, He affirms that our hope comes from being known and knowing we belong to Him (Isaiah 43:1). Though we can’t escape hardship, God promises to protect us and be present (v. 2). His identity and His love for us make His promises secure (vv. 3-4). When life’s circumstances heat up, we may feel fragile. We may even be fragile. But God holds us firmly in love, no matter how blazing hot the furnace gets. We are known. We are loved. We are His!

This episode is the second of a two-part series. In this episode, Kamo-sensei narrates and demonstrates, composing 6 Ohara Ikebana, a prominent form of Japanese flower arrangements. Members of Central Ohio Ohara Ikebana hosted this event at the Yosoko Center in Columbus, Ohio to share the art of Ikebana with the public. In the prior episode, COOI president Joe Rotella presented on the history of Ohara Ikebana.The video version of this shortened narration-only version is here.The full-length demonstration video is here.Show notes, relevant pictures, and links are available ⁠⁠coming soon.See you in the next episode!Guest Info:This episode features Kamo-sensei, Associate Professor of Ikebana. He was hosted by Central Ohio Ohara Ikebena (COOI). Find more about COOI at the links below.COOI WebsiteCOOI InstagramCOOI FacebookSponsor Info:This episode is sponsored by (me!) In Vivo Bonsai of Columbus, Ohio. Find me in person, at invivobonsai.etsy.com, or go to ⁠https://www.InVivoBonsai.com⁠/to see upcoming events, expanding online offerings, educational materials, and more.Support the Pod:Anytime you listen, subscribe, rate us, or share us with friends you help keep us motivated to keep making episodes for you all! If you want to take it to the next level, you can also help keep the podcast going by donating to us through Spotify or by sponsoring an episode (contact us directly for that). All donations go back into the podcast such as for our web hosting, recording gear expenses, etc.Podcast Info:The Bonsai Time Podcast is hosted, edited, & produced by Kevin Faris, Ryan Huston, & Kelly Lui. We expect to post new interviews and reflections monthly! Find us on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, our website, and our emailBonsaiTimePodcast@gmail.com.Submit questions or pictures for future Bonsai Brainstorm episodes to our email, social media DMs, or here.Music by MIDICANCER. Find more music by them on SoundCloud and BandCamp.Host info:Ryan is a former bonsai apprentice of Elandan Gardens and current operator of In Vivo Bonsai nursery and educational operation in Columbus, OH. Kevin is a bonsai student and local leader of many years now moving to Maryland. Kelly is a newer bonsai artist volunteering and studying especially in the Los Angeles area.More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:Read more about bonsai on his blog and learn more about his educational services here.Find Ryan's online-available bonsai products, seeds, tools, etc. here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.Find Ryan on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as well if you need more bonsai in your feed.Also, check out some of my video editing work for the Puget Sound Bonsai Association and Columbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives.

This video is the part of a two-part series. In this first video, Joe Rotella explains the history of Ohara Ikebana which is one of the more prominent forms of Japanese flower arrangements. Joe and other members of Central Ohio Ohara Ikebana hosted this event at the Yosoko Center in Columbus, Ohio to share the art of Ikebana with the public and to host a Japanese master named Kamo-sensei who demonstrates the art of Ikebana in the next video.The video version is ⁠⁠⁠coming soon.Show notes, relevant pictures, and links are available ⁠⁠coming soon.See you in the next episode!Guest Info:This episode features Joe Rotella, president of Central Ohio Ohara Ikebena (COOI). Find more about Joe and COOI at the links below.COOI WebsiteCOOI InstagramCOOI FacebookJoe Rotella - CreateNCraft, Ikebana WorkshopsSponsor Info:This episode is sponsored by (me!) In Vivo Bonsai of Columbus, Ohio. Find me in person, atinvivobonsai.etsy.com, or go to ⁠https://www.InVivoBonsai.com⁠/to see upcoming events, expanding online offerings, educational materials, and more.Support the Pod:Anytime you listen, subscribe, rate us, or share us with friends you help keep us motivated to keep making episodes for you all! If you want to take it to the next level, you can also help keep the podcast going by donating to us through Spotify or by sponsoring an episode (contact us directly for that). All donations go back into the podcast such as for our web hosting, recording gear expenses, etc.Podcast Info:The Bonsai Time Podcast is hosted, edited, & produced by Kevin Faris, Ryan Huston, & Kelly Lui. We expect to post new interviews and reflections monthly! Find us onYouTube,Facebook,Instagram,TikTok, ourwebsite, and our emailBonsaiTimePodcast@gmail.com.Submit questions or pictures for future Bonsai Brainstorm episodes to our email, social media DMs, orhere.Music by MIDICANCER. Find more music by them onSoundCloud andBandCamp.Host info:Ryan is a former bonsai apprentice of Elandan Gardens and current operator of In Vivo Bonsai nursery and educational operation in Columbus, OH.Kevin is a bonsai student and local leader of many years now moving to Maryland.Kelly is a newer bonsai artist volunteering and studying especially in the Los Angeles area.More Bonsai Projects by Ryan:Read more about bonsai on his blog and learn more about his educational serviceshere.Find Ryan's online-available bonsai products, seeds, tools, etc.here. Each seed kit sold comes with my full 10-year bonsai-from-seed guide.Find Ryan onFacebook,Instagram,YouTube, andTikTokas well if you need more bonsai in your feed.Also, check out some of my video editing work for thePuget Sound Bonsai Association andColumbus Bonsai Society's demonstration archives.

Brazil has designated Sept. 23 as the day of the "ikebana" traditional Japanese art of flower arrangement under a law, in order to promote environmental awareness.

durée : 00:04:34 - La main verte - par : Alain Baraton - Aujourd'hui, Alain Baraton nous parle de l'art traditionnel japonais fondé sur la composition florale appelé "Ikebana".

This week (10/18 & 10/20) on ART ON THE AIR features Chicago-based jewelry artist, Bobbie Rafferty, who for 25 years has created stunning one-of-a-kind pieces that are in juried shows throughout the Midwest and South. Next Indiana Artisan Neelu Jain shares her Japanese art forms of Ikebana and Temari that transforms simple spaces into eye catching, aesthetically pleasing creations. Our Spotlight is on Chicago-based singer/songwriter Michael McDermott discussing his upcoming November 2nd concert at Memorial Opera House with his band The Arsonists. Spotlight Extra on "Millennia of Progress 1933 - 2023 The Chicago World's Fair-Y Tales: If Houses Could Talk" book launch on November 3rd at South Shore Arts Gallery Gift Shop. Tune in on Sunday at 7pm on Lakeshore Public Media 89.1FM for our hour long conversation with our special guests or listen at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA, and can also be heard Fridays at 11am and Mondays at 5pm on WVLP 103.1FM (WVLP.org) or listen live at Tune In. Listen to past ART ON THE AIR shows at lakeshorepublicmedia.org/AOTA or brech.com/aota. Please have your friends send show feedback to Lakeshore at: radiofeedback@lakeshorepublicmedia.org Send your questions about our show to AOTA@brech.com LIKE us on Facebook.com/artonthairwvlp to keep up to date about art issues in the Region. New and encore episodes also heard as podcasts on: NPR, Spotify Tune IN, Amazon Music, Apple and Google Podcasts, plus many other podcast platforms. Larry A Brechner & Ester Golden hosts of ART ON THE AIR. https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/show/art-on-the-air/2024-10-02/art-on-the-air-october-20-2024

Natalia Proops: “When I was eight, I went with my parents to the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow to watch the Nutcracker, by Tchaikovsky. It was staged at the time by Marius Petipa, and it was pure magic. Imaginal exposure for children that I still find absolutely beautiful. Walking around in a beautiful dress looking at Buckingham Palace in London, when I was twenty-one, I felt the connection of beauty within the world. The thought that ran through my mind was, “I can now see the world”.  The first time I did an ikebana, a Japanese flower arrangement, I was in my thirties, and a student in New Zealand. Ikebana is the centuries-old Japanese art of arranging flowers, which translates to “making flowers come alive”. In ikebana, the key consideration is to use as few stems and leaves as possible in composing elegant contours that highlight the flowers' beauty. Three to five years are required to acquire the technical and expressive skills. Sogetsu is a modern school of the Japanese art of flower arranging, which was part of the school I attended. My first arrangement, which was the simplest one, amazed me that it really was ikebana. I could not believe I had actually done it.” Have a listen as I interview my special guest, Natalia Proops. Find out how creating beauty can enhance your life.

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Pour la rentrée, notre nouvel épisode de "Kaiwa" vous invite à explorer le monde apaisant du zen. Nous aborderons en profondeur la religion au Japon, en expliquant les différences essentielles entre le bouddhisme et le shintoïsme, deux traditions spirituelles qui coexistent harmonieusement depuis des siècles dans l'archipel. Nous commencerons par clarifier les origines et les principes de ces deux religions : le bouddhisme, importé d'Inde via la Chine et la Corée, centré sur la quête de l'illumination et la libération du cycle des renaissances ; et le shintoïsme, profondément enraciné dans les croyances indigènes du Japon, célébrant les kamis (esprits) et la nature. Nous examinerons comment ces deux traditions ont influencé la vie quotidienne, les rituels et les festivals au Japon, souvent de manière complémentaire. Mais le zen, une école du bouddhisme, sera au cœur de notre discussion. Nous explorerons son impact non seulement sur la spiritualité, mais aussi sur les arts et la culture japonaise. Le zen a donné naissance à des pratiques artistiques et culturelles qui sont devenues emblématiques du Japon : la cérémonie du thé, où chaque geste est une méditation ; l'ikebana, l'art floral qui cherche l'harmonie à travers la simplicité ; la calligraphie, où le trait de pinceau exprime bien plus que des mots ; et bien d'autres encore. Ces arts, empreints de la philosophie zen, visent à atteindre un état de calme intérieur et de pleine conscience, tout en reflétant l'importance du moment présent et de la beauté dans la simplicité. Nous partagerons des anecdotes et des réflexions sur la manière dont ces pratiques continuent d'influencer la vie moderne au Japon, et comment elles peuvent également inspirer nos vies au quotidien. Cet épisode est une invitation à ralentir, à réfléchir, et à découvrir la profondeur du zen et de ses expressions culturelles au Japon. Que vous soyez curieux de spiritualité, d'art ou simplement à la recherche d'un peu de sérénité pour commencer cette nouvelle année, ce voyage au cœur du zen est fait pour vous. Rejoignez-nous pour une exploration enrichissante et apaisante dans cet épisode de "Kaiwa". Les termes japonais de l'épisode :  “Shinbutsu shugo” : syncrétisme de bouddhisme et de shintoïsme “Inari” : divinité ressemblant à un renard “otera / ji” : temple bouddhique japonais “Fushimi Inari-taisha” : sanctuaire connu pour ses portes rouges à Kyoto “Todai-ji” : temple bouddhique connu pour son grand bouddha à Nara “Kiyomizu-dera” : temple connu pour sa terrasse à Kyoto “Itsukushima-jinja” : sanctuaire connu pour sa porte rouge près d'Hiroshima “Meiji-jingu” : grand sanctuaire à Tokyo “Ise-jingu” : grand sanctuaire dans le centre du Japon “Kami” : divinités ou esprits shinto “Tengu”: créature légendaire à long nez “Kappa” : créature légendaire en forme de tortue “Zazen” : méditation assise “Shodō” : la calligraphie  “Kendō”, “Judō”, “Aikidō”, “Karaté Dō”, Kyudō” : arts martiaux japonais “dō” : la voix, le chemin “Sadō ou Chadō” : la cérémonie du thé “Ikebana ou kadō” : composition florale “kare-san-sui” : jardin sec composé de pierres “Shikoku” : île au sud du Japon “Koya-san” : mont sacré du bouddhisme “Tokkaidō” : chemin de Edo vers Kyoto Générique : « tiger & dragon » Crazy Ken Band. Sortie le 8 septembre 2024 #zen #shinto #bouddha #禅 #座禅 #仏教 #神道

Studiogespräch mit der Künstlerin Katharina Kohl. Die Ausstellung vom 22. bis 25. August im MOM art space fokussiert die gescheiterte Aufklärung der Morde und der Strukturen des NS Untergrunds in Deutschland. "Die Installation “Gedächtnislücken-Ikebana” thematisiert die Lücke, die Leere. Das Nichterinnerte, die Leere des Gedächtnisses korrespondiert mit der Lücke, die das Fehlen einer konsequenten Aufarbeitung hinterlässt." https://www.katharinakohl.de/blog An dieser Stelle ein Programmhinweis für Freitag, 23. August um 17 Uhr: Panel-Diskussion | | Brachenbühne | | vom Osten lernen Strategien für eine stabile Antifaschistische Zivilgesellschaft https://www.fsk-hh.org/files/s/240807_FSK_Flyer_Viertelgeburtstag_600dpi.pdf

W tym epizodzie Puzzli zapraszam Was do niezwykłego świata zakrystii. Moim gościem jest siostra Gabriela - dominikanka, która dzieli się swoim doświadczeniem pracy za kulisami kościelnych obrzędów oraz pasją układania kwiatów jako formy głoszenia Ewangelii.Kluczowe punkty tego odcinka to:- Tajniki pracy w zakrystii- Spotkania z wiernymi- Ikebana – japońska sztuka układania kwiatów przeniesiona do przestrzeni sakralnejwww.puzzlewiary.pl/125 dołącz do grupy mailingowej: https://sendfox.com/puzzlewiary wesprzyj moją działalność: www.puzzlewiary.pl/wesprzyj/ 

Send us a Text Message.This was Anthony V. Grubb's debut NYTimes crossword, and it was a delight - slightly crunchier than usual, with some challenging clues - but a terrific theme nigh-well guaranteed to bring a smile to your face. Deets inside, so check it out!Show note imagery:  An example of IKEBANA, Japanese flower arrangingContact Info:We love listener mail! Drop us a line, crosswordpodcast@icloud.com.Also, we're on FaceBook, so feel free to drop by there and strike up a conversation!

#114 Ikebana - Historia del arte con Kenza El Camino del vivir de las Flores. Pueden encontrar este podcast en #Youtube con imágenes que lo ilustranPara mayor información sobre los cursos en línea favor de escribir a arte.kenza@gmail.comHistoria del arte con Kenza - Obras que encienden el asombro. Una serie sobre el arte a través de la historia y las culturas. Se presentarán obras que trascienden el tiempo por su belleza y por lo que nos cuenta. Nos puedes seguir a través de la cuenta Instagram @historia.del.arte.con.kenza, para descubrir las obras del podcast y muchas más. Producido por @RojoVenado #historiadelarte #historiadelarteconkenza #podcastdearte #podcastenespañol #HistoriaDelArte #ArteClásico #ArteVisual #ArteCultural #HistoriaYArte #MuseosDelMundo #GrandesArtistas #ArquitecturaHistórica #MovimientosArtísticos #PinturaClásica #EsculturA #HistoriaDeLaPintura #ArteYCultura #CuriosidadesDelArte #ArtistasFamosos #ObraMaestra #CulturaVisual Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The queens revisit some early, inspiring books of poetry that still slap! Come nerd out with us. If you'd like to support Breaking Form:Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Buy our books:     Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.     James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.Read Linda Gregg's "Part of Me Wanting Everything to Live"Read an interview with Wayne Koestenbaum, "Dirty Mind: An Interview with WK" which appeared in LA Review of Books Read "Boy at the Patterson Falls" from Toi Derricotte's Captivity.Listen to Susan Mitchell read "A Rainbow" -- the fun starts around 11:08. It includes her singing in German….Read Cathy Song's "Ikebana" from Picture Bride, which won the 1982 Yale Series of Younger Poets and was also nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.Listen to Cornelius Eady read some poems from Brutal Imagination (including "How I Got Born") and talk about Susan Smith here (forward to 23:50 mark). You can read the text of "How I Got Born" here (scroll down and click title to expand the whole poem). Eady turned the poems into a play of the same name; you can listen to Eady in conversation with Joe Morton about that process here (~47 min).

Nothing lets us know that summer is in full bloom like the abundance of colorful and fragrant flowers that are blossoming all around us. Flowers represent joy and beauty and can be very useful in many different adjustments. Many flowers have symbolism this adds deeper meaning to your feng shui adjustment. Today We talk about some of our favorite summer flowers and how they can be used to lift the qi of your home and heart.We cover:-The qualities of summer flowers vs spring or autumn-Where to procure flowers and why it matters-Natural fresh flowers vs artificial flowers-Peony representing prosperity, luck, honor, and gracefulness-The rose as a symbol of love, beauty, and romance-Lilies and their connection to maternal, feminine energy-How lavender inspires tranquility and ease.-The power, strength, and loyalty of the sunflower And much moreIf you want to dive deeper, be sure to sign up for our mailing list so that you can take our upcoming free workshops and giveaways!Thanks so much for listening to the Holistic Spaces Podcast brought to you by Mindful Design Feng Shui School!-Sign up for our newsletter for exclusive complimentary special workshops and offers for our newsletter subscribers ONLY! -Make sure you're following us on Instagram for feng shui tips and live Q&A's.-Learn about our courses and certification on our website at: Mindful Design School.-Check out our older episodes on our Holistic Spaces Podcast archive.MORE QUESTIONSHire one of our Mindful design school Grads for a 1-1 consultation. We know so many personal questions come up. That's why you need a 1-1! Laura and Anjie offer all these freebies, but if you want to learn more it's time to ask a professional. learn more HERENEW EPISODES OF THE HOLISTIC SPACES PODCAST BY MINDFUL DESIGN ARE AVAILABLE EVERY MONDAY.Time stamps for the episode:-[02:06] Why are flowers important in feng shui?-[02:32] Anjie's relationship to flowers via Ikebana and feng shui-[05:25] Natural fresh flowers vs artificial flowers-[07:55] On summer flowers-[13:25] Where to place flowers and what they represent-[14:44] Peonies flowers-[17:26] Roses-[20:23] Lilies-[22:44] Lavender-[26:46] SunflowersPRE ORDER OUR NEW BOOK HERE

先週に引き続き、華道家の池坊美佳さんとのアフタートークをお届けします。今週はお稽古全般について。小さい頃からお花のお稽古をしていた池坊美佳さんと、最近茶道のお稽古を始めたJoiさん。お二人のお稽古に対する感覚についてお話をいただきました。【編集ノート】編集ノートには難しい用語や人物名などの詳しい解説をお伝えしています。 https://joi.ito.com/jp/archives/2024/04/16/005957.html【NFTを無料でプレゼントしています】 番組をお聞きのみなさんに番組オリジナルのNFTをプレゼントしています。下記リンクにあるMintRallyのJoi Ito's Podcast特設イベントページでゲットしてください。https://www.mintrally.xyz/ja/events/419NFT受け取りのひみつの「あいことば」と書かれた部分に番組最後に登場した問題に対する答えを記入してください。ヒント：大文字半角英数字で入力ください。 【デジタルガレージ Web3のコア人材募集中】https://recruit.garage.co.jp/fintech/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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After four years off due to COVID, Japan Festival Boston is back! Later this month, Boston Common will be home to the city's largest festival dedicated to all things Japanese culture: food, kimono, origami, tea ceremonies, ikebana, cosplay, and so much more. Ara Mahar, the PR manager for the festival, joins Nichole this week to talk about all this free family-friendly event has to offer.

今週は、華道家の池坊美佳さんとのアフタートークをお届けします。先生と生徒という関係だった先週から一転、今週はよりリラックスした雰囲気でトークが行われました。日本で最も歴史がある華道のお家元、華道家元池坊の家に生まれ、華道に幼い頃から親しんできた池坊美佳さん。そして、ここ最近突然日本文化にハマりだしているJoiさん。そんな異業種の二人による日本文化に関する議論、なかなか奥が深い！ぜひお愉しみいただければ。【編集ノート】編集ノートには難しい用語や人物名などの詳しい解説をお伝えしています。 https://joi.ito.com/jp/archives/2024/04/09/005954.html【NFTを無料でプレゼントしています】 番組をお聞きのみなさんに番組オリジナルのNFTをプレゼントしています。下記リンクにあるMintRallyのJoi Ito's Podcast特設イベントページでゲットしてください。https://www.mintrally.xyz/ja/events/411NFT受け取りのひみつの「あいことば」と書かれた部分に番組最後に登場した問題に対する答えを記入してください。ヒント：大文字半角英数字で入力ください。 【デジタルガレージ Web3のコア人材募集中】https://recruit.garage.co.jp/fintech/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

今週はJoiさんがいけばなに挑戦です。先生は、華道家で、日本で最も歴史がある華道のお家元、華道家元池坊の池坊美佳さんです。言葉や音を聞きながら、どんな作品が出来上がるのか想像しながら聞き進めていただけると嬉しいです。【編集ノート】編集ノートには難しい用語や人物名などの詳しい解説をお伝えしています。 今回、実際に出来上がった作品の写真もこちらに掲載しています。https://joi.ito.com/jp/archives/2024/04/02/005952.html【NFTを無料でプレゼントしています】 番組をお聞きのみなさんに番組オリジナルのNFTをプレゼントしています。下記リンクにあるMintRallyのJoi Ito's Podcast特設イベントページでゲットしてください。https://www.mintrally.xyz/ja/events/397NFT受け取りのひみつの「あいことば」と書かれた部分に番組最後に登場した問題に対する答えを記入してください。ヒント：大文字半角英数字で入力ください。 【デジタルガレージ Web3のコア人材募集中】https://recruit.garage.co.jp/fintech/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Our 4th episode features Mary M. We travelled to Southern London to interview this hardworking and lovely Scottish lady. She is 87 years old and showed me what dedication means. We started with Mary's childhood with her favorite pony and the griddle scone recipe that her family still uses today.  Want to know what is it like to smoke a ''cinnamon stick'''?  ;) stay tuned! Being a tomboy herself and growing up with 8 male cousins, she attended a state boarding school in order to get a higher education. Despite being a tomboy, she follows her idol - her aunt - to become a nurse. We dive deep into her adulthood: how she devotes her life to being a nurse and her most memorable stories as a nurse. Her strong personality and dedication keep her going even being a health professional means you have to face and see and talk about death a lot of time. At the age of 26, her curiosity and love brought her to move to London with her late husband to start a new life. Want to know what it is like to party in Downing street? Mary stays close to her Scottish culture, we will find out more about Scottish Clans and Burn's night in the episode. Moving into her elderhood, Mary still uses her skills as a nurse to become a Samaritan and learn Ikebana (you will find out what it is!)Need a reminder of  ''dedication'' meaning in this super fast society that praises fast results ? You will definitely remember from listening to Mary's story. Dear Mary and Archie (Grandson of Mary): Thank you for trusting me to become a part of your family gift and legacy. I truly feel your passion and love as a nurse and as a mom + grandma for your family. I love that this episode has revealed unheard of family stories. I hope you love this episode as much as you love Ikebana - Love, NicoleSupport the showIntrigued by the conversation? Get involve using the following ways: Sign up to have your life story record and become a Beyonder on our Web Follow us @ Beyondhood on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn Become a member by contributing $ each month. You can ask questions and nominate Beyonders to be on the show. Creativity costs time & effort & $ and no $ is too small. If $ is an issue, please send me a hug or an encouraging email - still works! *10% of the profit will be donated to the interviewee's chosen charity. Take a look at the Now and Then pictures of our Beyonder on our Web Email me at gobeyondelderhood@gmail.com

Bela interviews renowned podcast host of the "Daily Meditation Podcast" Mary Meckley - which has been downloaded over 200 million times!   Mary demystifies meditation for hard-charging types; you DON'T have to sit in lotus position and have your mind free of thoughts.  Instead, it's about turning your attention to your inner self, and listening to what it's saying!  90% of our thoughts are negative and repetitive.  Meditation has been scientifically proven to make us more confident in dating which is AWESOME.  Start with a mindfulness minute, and the magic will start to happen.   Mary says that the majority of her listeners either are considering ending a relationship or wanting to find a new one; meditation can help with both!  Listen to why sitting up with a straight spine and looking upwards with your eyes helps.  Why, "trust perfect timing" is a wonderful mantra to keep, and how 3 deep breaths can calm you down instantly.  This episode is awesome, and you'll feel peaceful and confident just listening to it!    Links: Website: www.SipandOm.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sip.and.om Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SipandOm/ Bio: Mary is the creator and host of the popular Daily Meditation Podcast which has been downloaded over 200 million times. Mary also has a meditation app called Sip and Om where she helps you to create a complete meditation lifestyle including meditating, journaling, tracking healthy habits, monitoring moods, and setting intentions. You can join Mary for a daily meditation on her podcast or her app. Mary Meckley is a certified meditation and yoga teacher. She teaches millions of people each week how to meditate, reduce stress, and sleep better. She is the creator and host of the popular Daily Meditation Podcast which has over 50 million downloads. Mary also has a meditation app called sip and om where she shares a complete meditation lifestyle including meditating, journaling, tracking healthy habits, monitoring moods, and setting intentions. Mary lived in Japan for several years where she studied Ikebana (the Japanese art of flower arrangement) and the Japanese tea ceremony. Sipping a cup of green tea launched her into a quest for inner stillness. Join our free newsletter database by signing up here:  www.smartdatingacademy.com/contact Follow us on Instagram at @smartdatingacademy Schedule your consultation with us here!   We are on a waiting list, and would love to help you!  https://www.smartdatingacademy.com/11-coaching/coaching-call-with-bela

Join us in this captivating episode as we delve into the world of Ikebana with our special guest, Daniel, an Ikebana teacher based in Yokohama. Dive into Daniel's journey from his initial interest in Japanese culture to becoming a master of Ikebana. Discover the philosophy, beauty, and balance behind this traditional Japanese art form. Learn about the inspiration and challenges he faced, his teaching experiences, and the evolving role of Ikebana in modern Japan. Whether you're a fan of Japanese art or just curious about Ikebana, this episode is a blend of culture, nature, and personal stories that's sure to inspire. Perfect for anyone looking to connect deeper with Japanese traditions.Follow Daniel on his social media:https://www.instagram.com/Star.River.ikebanahttps://x.com/Omni_hugFollow us on our social media:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158416https://www.instagram.com/fishandricepodcast/https://twitter.com/FishRicePodcasthttps://youtube.com/@fishandricehttps://youtube.com/@fishandriceshorts  https://www.tiktok.com/@fishandricepodcastMake sure to like, comment, and subscribe for more engaging discussions from all corners of Japanese life.#fishandrice #expat #japanyoutube.com/@unpackingjapan

本期节目无疑是在推广WAWA cube的新展览「幻化」。 同时，由沪上大藏家刘益谦最近放出风声价值1.5亿美金规模的艺术品拍卖，我们聊聊天，跑跑题。 ■ 主播 杨老师 另一位主播 · ■ Cover art 中作品 IKEBANA with the Stationery #22 / 长冈绫子 / 摄影 / 2019 · ■ Song List Cafe Music BGM Channel - Study Cafe · ■ 延伸内容 The Billionaire Founders of China's Long Museum Plan to Sell Off an Estimated $150 Million Worth of Art at Sotheby's This Fall https://news.artnet.com/market/long-museum-sothebys-2352539 · ■ sns 感谢你的收听！关于节目和主播的动态，欢迎关注我们的社交号： 「一画一话」微博 「一画一话」豆瓣 Instagram上也可以找到我们。 如果你喜欢我们的节目请在你常用的平台留下好评，将节目分享给你的朋友。 · ■ 付费订阅 patreon 订阅 爱发电 订阅 · ■ say hi info@theviewtalk.com

本期节目无疑是在推广WAWA cube的新展览「幻化」。 同时，由沪上大藏家刘益谦最近放出风声价值1.5亿美金规模的艺术品拍卖，我们聊聊天，跑跑题。 ■ 主播 杨老师 另一位主播 · ■ Cover art 中作品 IKEBANA with the Stationery #22 / 长冈绫子 / 摄影 / 2019 · ■ Song List Cafe Music BGM Channel - Study Cafe · ■ 延伸内容 The Billionaire Founders of China's Long Museum Plan to Sell Off an Estimated $150 Million Worth of Art at Sotheby's This Fall https://news.artnet.com/market/long-museum-sothebys-2352539 · ■ sns 感谢你的收听！关于节目和主播的动态，欢迎关注我们的社交号： 「一画一话」微博 「一画一话」豆瓣 Instagram上也可以找到我们。 如果你喜欢我们的节目请在你常用的平台留下好评，将节目分享给你的朋友。 · ■ 付费订阅 patreon 订阅 爱发电 订阅 · ■ say hi info@theviewtalk.com

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Dive into the captivating art and spirituality of Ikebana, the ancient Japanese practice of flower arrangement. Explore how it encapsulates Japan's rich cultural heritage, spirituality, and the deep-rooted philosophy of nature, life, and balance.Find the interactive transcript on https://englishpluspodcast.com/japan-the-art-and-spirituality-of-ikebana/Support the show

Immerse yourself in a journey across continents as we delve into ten unique traditions that define cultures around the world. From the spiritual tranquility of Japan's Ikebana to the celebratory exuberance of Mexico's Dia de los Muertos, this bonus episode of the English Plus Podcast transports listeners to the heart of diverse societies. Join us as we appreciate the philosophy behind China's Tai Chi, understand the significance of Bhutan's Gross National Happiness, relish the communal spirit of Italy's Passeggiata, and so much more. Tune in to 'Global Tapestry: Unraveling Traditions in Cultural Insights Part 1' for a deep dive into the beautiful, fascinating, and diverse world of cultural traditions.Find the interactive transcript on our website https://englishpluspodcast.com/global-tapestry-unraveling-traditions-in-cultural-insights-part-1/Never Stop Learning on englishpluspodcast.comSupport the show

The Daily Quiz - Art and Literature Today's Questions: Question 1: Which Cities National Palace Is Decorated With A Series Of Historic Murals By Diego Rivera Question 2: How many plays is Shakespeare generally credited with today Question 3: Who wrote the autobiography titled "Managing My Life" in 1999? Question 4: What are arranged in the Japanese art of Ikebana? Question 5: Which Shakespeare play opens with the 3 Witches? Question 6: Who Wrote The Borrowers Question 7: With Whom Did W H Auden Collaborate On Letters From Iceland Question 8: Which Em Forster Novel Features The Schlegal Sisters Question 9: An artwork humorously exaggerating the qualities, defects, or peculiarities of a person or idea. Question 10: Which Author Wrote The Sound & The Fury, The Wild Palms, And As I Lay Dying Question 11: Reducing or distorting in order to represent three-dimensional space as perceived by the eye, according to the rules of perspective. Question 12: Sherlock Holmes resided at 221b on which street? Question 13: How many stories did Enid Blyton publish in 1959? This podcast is produced by Klassic Studios Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*** This will be an interactive workshop that is two hours, not the customary 90 minutes. See the description below for more details. To Mayuka Yamazaki, a high-level business executive who sits on the boards of three Japanese public companies, ikebana -- the ancient Japanese art of floral creations -- is not just about arranging flowers. It is about attuning to the wisdom and beauty of nature to become more whole. A master of the art form, she launched an initiative in 2017 called IKERU to bring the wisdom of ikebana into business and leadership development. Previously, Mayuka was Assistant Director of Harvard Business School Japan Research Center, where she co-authored over 30 HBS cases related to Japan, and also worked as a management consultant at McKinsey. Mayuka was an Awakin Call guest in January, 2023.** We are delighted to share that this Spring she will be offering a special Wildflower Ikebana workshop to the Awakin Calls community! The two-hour workshop will include a presentation on what ikebana is, as well as a brief demonstration by Mayuka. Participants will then be invited to take a 15-minute walk outside, attuning to Nature in whatever forms it is present in their environment, and discerning to the best of their abilities which flowers, twigs, branches or leaves would like to be brought back home to "play." If you live in an area where it would be hard to do this real-time, you are welcome to do your Nature walk earlier and have your selections already on hand. Participants will then create their own Ikebana-inspired arrangement, keeping some of the core principles in mind. There will also be opportunity to share the creations with workshop participants, as well as reflections and learnings from the experience with the circle. Says Mayuka: "I love the concept of letting flowers lead. In order for us to let flowers lead, we have to calm ourselves and empty our mind. Otherwise, we cannot hear, listen to the voice of the flowers. And if you can listen to the voice of flowers, you just know where you should put your flowers. You just know it. Your body spontaneously starts moving. It's beyond our head, and I really love that... It's not like you have to empty your mind and then you can listen to the flowers. If you try to listen to the voice of flowers, you naturally start emptying your mind. For me, ikebana is a practice of the mind." Please join us in learning from and practicing with this gentle artist and changemaker! **Note: Prior to the workshop, you may be interested in viewing or reviewing the transcript of Mayuka's Awakin Call earlier this year. Please also note that the workshop will be two hours, rather than the customary 90 minutes.

- Triển lãm nghệ thuật Ikebana với chủ đề “NHẬN RA” sẽ diễn ra trong 2 ngày 22 và 23/04 tới tại 164 Trấn Vũ, Ba Đình, Hà Nội. Triển lãm sẽ trưng bày các tác phẩm Ikebana theo trường phái nhà Ikenobo do thành viên hội sáng tác và thực hiện. Trong khuôn khổ sự kiện còn có nhiều hoạt động giao lưu và trải nghiệm văn hoá truyền thống Nhật Bản với giáo viên và học viên của Yohaku. Chủ đề : Triển lãm, IKEBANA --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vov1tintuc/support

The Fat Guys are back with a fresh episode and a fresh guest, or in this week's case, 2 fresh guests!  Takeshi Nakamoto and Monica Miranda join the podcast to discuss their new exciting project, growing exclusive, patented Japanese Sweet Pea varieties all year round in Colombia.  The brand name is Bijo, which means "beautiful woman" in Japanese.  And they are just about ready to hit the market!  Listen in as they take us through their journey of marriage, starting the business, obtaining the varieties, and growing in Colombia and more.Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a fresh installment of Joel's Movie Reviews.Submit your questions, comments and "Fatty Gear" requests to 2FatGuys@jetfreshflowers.comLearn more about Bijo at:  https://www.ikebana.site/ or follow them on social media:  @BijoSweetPeaEpisode Chapters: The History of Ikebana and Sweet Pea: 3:45What Makes a Japanese Sweet Pea: 8:00Tekashi and Monika's Backstory: 11:30The Difficulty of Starting in Covid 2020: 28:10Having Sweet Pea Year round: 33:55The Breeding Process: 50:10Joel's Movie Review: 1:14:35

The hustle and bustle of life, especially the past couple years, can lead to many negative feelings and sometimes a feeling of being unbalanced. Nefertiti San Miguel joins the showing in this episode to talk about how to bring more zen into your life. How to find ways to declutter your thoughts and physical spaces to bring in more happiness and purpose. She also discusses the ancient Japaneese art of Ikebana and how nobles and Samurai would use this art form to help calm themselves and bring about some balance to their day. Floral designing has become more of a feminine thing in our culture but Nefertiti is on a mission to show veterans that this ancient art, once practiced by the top warrior of their time is perfect for those wanting to slow down and find more zen and balance to their life. Battle Buddy Podcast Guest Links: www.etniafusion.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/nefertiti-san-miguel-4a9954196/ Battle Buddy Podcast Links: https://linktr.ee/battlebuddypodcast --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/battlebuddy/support

***Please note the special time for this event, to accommodate the time zone of our guest and other Asia-based participants. “In order to let flowers live, we need to calm ourselves and empty our mind — otherwise, we cannot listen to what flowers tell us.”  To Mayuka Yamazaki, a high-level business executive, ikebana — the ancient Japanese art of floral creations — is not just about arranging flowers. It is about attuning to the wisdom and beauty of nature and enriching our experience of being human. As a master of the art, she explains that ikebana is a word derived from the verb ikeru (to bring alive) and hana (flowers), or combined, “letting flowers live.” For over 20 years, Mayuka has been letting flowers live, and most recently, she has brought this practice to help restore wholeness to schools, international organizations, communities, and most notably, corporations. As a young child in Japan, Mayuka was drawn to “finding beauty in the small changes in nature and its seasons.” When she was 18, she began to learn ikebana as a hobby under Risen Kajikawa, a headmaster of ko-ryu shoreikai, one of the ikebana factions in Japan. After studying economics at Tokyo University and then working as a management consultant, her education took her to the United States, where she would graduate with honors at Georgetown University’s Graduate School of Foreign Service. On the outside, her life trajectory seemed clear. On the inside, however, Mayuka felt lost.  Some years later, she found herself working at Harvard Business School (HBS) at a fortuitous time. HBS was trying to transform its education system and its new guiding principle was “Knowing, Doing, Being,” emphasizing the need to rebalance the head, hands, and heart. Mayuka realized that the heart, which ought to be her true inner compass, had been largely silenced by her focus on acquiring knowledge and skills. So she set about trying many things, from meditation practices to exploration circles with colleagues. What opened her heart the most was creating things — concrete things — like poems, stories, and paintings. This moved her from consumer to creator, from thinking to being. And one day, she had an epiphany that ikebana — which had begun as a beloved hobby but had over two decades become an art she would master — could be her career. Ikebana is an art of great subtlety and sophistication. Simple floral arrangements in Japan date back as early as the 7th century, beginning as simple Buddhist temple offerings that symbolized paradise. Today, it is a popular and innovative “living art” that continues to engage the ikebana artist in deep conversation with nature and her energies, equally incorporating the forms and empty space. In 2017, Mayuka launched an initiative called IKERU, with a vision of bringing the wisdom of ikebana into business and leadership development. Through IKERU, she offers individual and group sessions, inviting people to create harmony in themselves or their teams through practice of the art form. They also learn the challenge and beauty of creating something when they have no answers or directions. Mayuka sees herself more as a co-learner than a teacher: “While I acknowledge the value of the [traditional] apprenticeship model as a way of teaching, it may not be my way. For me, those who come to my lessons and workshops are not ‘apprentices’ to whom I transfer what I know. I have learned so much from them and they are ‘friends’ who explore the wisdom of ikebana together. And this is why I started IKERU — to let people simply enjoy ikebana itself outside the system, as well as why I have managed the IKERU community as openly and flatly as possible.” Prior to devoting herself to IKERU, Mayuka worked as Assistant Director of Harvard Business School Japan Research Center and visiting editor at the Harvard Business Review (Japan). With HBS professors, she co-authored over 30 HBS cases related to Japan, and played a critical role in designing and running the HBS immersive field course in the 3.11 disaster-affected Tohoku areas. She also worked as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. Previously only having lived in big cities, she moved in 2020 to Karuizawa, a small and beautiful town in the mountains, where she now lives with her husband and six-year-old daughter. She currently sits the boards of directors of three Japanese public companies. Please join us in conversation with this artist and changemaker, and dare to allow beauty to open us up to transformation!

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee    Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events 1597 On this day, The Herbal, by the English herbalist John Gerard, was first published. Today the book is considered a plagiarization of Rembert Dodoens's herbal published over forty years earlier. In his book, John shared over 800 species of plants and gorgeous woodcut illustrations. His descriptions were simple and informative. For instance, in his description of Self-heal or Brownwort (Prunella Vulgaris), he wrote, There is not a better wound herb to be found.   In other instances, his descriptions gave us a glimpse into life in the 17th century. Regarding Borage blossoms, which he called Boragewort, he wrote, Those of our time use the flowers in salads to exhilerate and make the mind glad.   During his life, John was allowed to garden on land at Somerset House, and for a time, he served as the herbalist to King James. In 1578, John was the first person to record and describe the Snakeshead fritillary (Fritillaria meleagris "mel-ee-aye-gris") thought to be native to parts of Britain but not Scotland.  Today John is remembered in the botanical genus Gerardia. Today, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust sells Christmas cards featuring John Gerard's woodcuts of Holly, Pears, and Mistletoe. The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust cares for Shakespeare's family homes and shares the love of Shakespeare from his hometown of Stratford-upon-Avon. Anyway, if you'd like to support a great organization and enjoy the John Gerard Christmas cards and gift wrap, head on over to https://shop.shakespeare.org.uk/.   1826 Birth of Sereno Watson, American botanist & curator of the Gray Herbarium at Harvard University in Boston. He's remembered for succeeding Asa Gray at the herbarium and continuing much of his work from 1873 until his death. A great master of botany in the American west, he also wrote Botany of California. Modern botany students easily identify Sereno for his extremely impressive beard. Sereno was admired and respected by his peers for his great attention to detail. For instance, in 1871, Sereno named a new plant genus Hesperochiron for two little wildflowers only found in the western part of the United States. Hespero means west, and Chiron is a nod to the Centaur and the first herbalist who taught humanity about the healing powers of plants. When Sereno named this genus, he rejected the classification of these plants as members of the snapdragon family. But, after dissecting them, Sereno was convinced they belonged with the gentians. This type of due diligence and careful study made Sereno Watson a great botanist. Today, Sereno is remembered with a very cool plant: the saw palmetto or the Serenoa repens palm. This small palm which only grows to 8-10 feet tall, is the only species in the genus Serenoa.   1833 Birth of Ellsworth Jerome Hill, Presbyterian minister, writer, and American botanist. When Ellsworth was only 20 years old, one of his knees stopped working. A doctor attempted to help him figure out a way to make a living and suggested he study botany. Ellsworth pursued the suggestion and crawled from his house to the orchard, where he would pick a few flowers and then crawl back to the house to identify them. The following year, Ellsworth was using canes to walk, and he moved to Mississippi, where the climate was warmer. After Ellsworth met and married a young woman named Milancy Leach, she became his daily helpmate. When Ellsworth felt especially lame or lacked strength, Milancy would step in and finish the work for him. When Ellsworth was 40, he somehow put his lameness behind him. In the back half of his life, he seemed to be better able to manage his physical challenges and cope with the symptoms. In a touching tribute to Ellsworth after his death, the great botanist and grass expert Agnes Chase wrote: Most of these collections were made while Ellsworth walked on crutches or with two canes. Ellsworth told me that he carried his vasculum over his shoulder and a camp stool with his crutch or cane in one hand. To secure a plant, he would drop the camp stool, which opened of itself, then he would lower himself to the stool and dig the plant.  Ellsworth recovered from his lameness but often suffered acute pain from cold or wetness or overexertion. But this did not deter him from making botanical trips that would have taxed a more robust man. In the Dunes, I have seen him tire out more than one able-bodied man.   Ellsworth recognized the value in revisiting places that had been previously botanized. It was Ellsworth Jerome Hill who said, In studying the flora of a restricted region, no matter how carefully it seems to have been explored, one is frequently surprised by new things... No region can be regarded as thoroughly explored until every acre of its wild areas at least has been examined. Some plants are SO rare or local or grow under such peculiar conditions that a few square rods or even feet may comprise their range.   1945 Birth of Bette Midler, American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer. She was born in Honolulu. In 1979, Bette starred in her first movie called The Rose. She didn't win an academy award for her Rose performance; that award went to Sally Field for Norma Rae. But forty years later, in 2019, Bette was honored by the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) with a rose named in honor of her stage persona: The Divine Miss M. On June 19th, 2019, the NYBG introduced Bette's white-yellow rose with a fragrance of mint and lime at the New York Restoration Project Spring Picnic at the Botanical Garden in New York City. After receiving the honor, Bette commented, I didn't win the Oscar for The Rose. Of course, I never think about it. But I do want to say right now, and there's no Norma Rae rose.   In 1995, Bette started the New York Restoration Project, a nonprofit that renovates and restores neglected NYC parks to ensure green space for all New Yorkers. By the end of the event, Bette led the crowd in a rose song sing-a-long: Lyn Anderson's "Rose Garden," Bette's "The Rose," and "Everything's Coming Up Roses."   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation Punk Ikebana by Louesa Roebuck This book came out in 2022, and the subtitle is Reimagining the Art of Floral Design. The great American naturalist, writer, and illustrator, Obi Kaufmann wrote the forward and he clearly is a huge fan of this book. He wrote, I will gush. When asked by Louesa to write the foreword to this dangerous and monumentally beautiful book, I howled a perfectly contradictory mix of terror and delight. I've been bewitched by the magic that is Louesa and her art for years. I identified her long ago as the very best kind of revolutionary, and I signed up. As an intrepid peace punk, Louesa presents a world to her audience that heals as it wounds. In her writing, in her ikebana, and through her punk ethos, she reverses the polarity of so many expectations, and the effect is effortless, aesthetic alchemy in which the silent is transformed into the loud, the ugly is made to be beautiful, and the empty is found to be surprisingly full.   Ikebana is simply the art of Japanese flower arrangement. Louesa's take on Ikebana is unique and extraordinary - and people have described her work as punk for over a decade. Louesa wrote in the introduction, When I'm asked what punk ikebana means to me, my gut response is I'm not completely sure yet. I do recall friends and colleagues casually referring to my work as "punk ikebana" as far back as 2008. They perhaps saw something new and iconoclastic in my work before I did.   Now you may be wondering, "What is punk ikebana?"  Louesa shares her musings on some key precepts like silence, minimalism, harmonious forms and lines, names, humanity, and composing in situ. She writes, Silence: In ikebana, this particularly refers to a quiet appreciation of nature, free of noise or idle talk. Minimalism: Here's where my punk aesthetic comes in. I'm a bit of a rebel and a maximalist more often than not. I do strive for harmony and balance in my compositions always, but I also love the glam, the sexy, the louche, even.  Harmonious form and line: When you gather and glean seasonal and local flora and compose naturally, you will find that harmony comes effortlessly. The longer, deeper, more studied, or more expansive your search becomes, the more treasures you find just outside your doors. Mother Earth contains all of the multitudes where they need to be; there's no need to fly flora in from anywhere else. Names: One traditional precept of ikebana is to know the names of the flora you use, as naming is a form of respect. For me, this is complicated. I absolutely acknowledge the power of naming something, the inherent respect of saying, "T see you; I know your name and some of who you are." However, naming is also charged and complex.  I often speak of flora in inconsistent terms, because that's how I've come to know them. Sometimes the common name rolls more easily off the tongue. This is art and, in the way of art, often an inexact science. Sometimes it's as simple as, say, preferring the word Nepenthes to describe any one of this genus of over 170 species. Which one should you use in your arrangement? With most choices I lean toward a less literal interpretation. I could prescribe you use only Nepenthes rafflesiana, the Malaysian pitcher plant, but why? Instead, I offer you thoughts on my flora friends under the names by which I have come to love them and encourage you to call them what makes sense to you, always with respect. Composed in situ: When we bring our newfound or long-loved flora friends into our homes or otherwise carry these gifts inside, the dialogue with place continues. It evolves each time I arrange scented geraniums with the recently discovered wild peonies on our land; or datura and passionflower with an outlier of, say, cactus flower. Each time I compose, I am in dialogue with the room (or any other space): the color story; the textiles; the vessel; the totems; books; art; furniture, even. The arrangement does not exist in a vacuum; it lives, breathes, and communicates with the space as a whole. This is in keeping with the idea of animism: each object, stone, feather, and vessel has a life force. Energy is porous, interconnected, animated, and never static. When we begin to see, feel, and live this way, time and space expand.   Louesa sees her beautiful work and this incredible book as a source of inspiration for you in your work with arranging flowers. She does not want her readers to approach her work rigidly. She writes, Punk rejects human hierarchies, so reject the mantle of "expert" or "sensei." Adhering to "the heart of the novice" as a guiding principle requires it. We are all learning, and learning is most fruitful when we do it together. I would add that in our increasingly beleaguered world, my learning doesn't solely come from other humans but from our nonhuman relatives and ancestors. Every time I engage in this medium of floral arranging or let us say, punk ikebana I hope to learn, not to teach or instruct. Teaching is only a byproduct of learning; they are one and the same, are they not? This book is 256 pages of the way of flowers and the rules you need to master in order to bend them and make your own punk ikebana wonders and enjoy them in your home. You can get a copy of Punk Ikebana by Louesa Roebuck and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $40.   Botanic Spark 1955 On this day, Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, after a bus driver ordered her to give up her bus seat to another passenger and she refused.  That Thursday had started pretty uneventfully for Rosa. She was a seamstress for a department store, and in her bag was a yellow floral Sunday dress that she was sewing for her mom. Rosa had learned to sew from the women in her family. Both her mother and grandmother sewed. Her grandmother made quilts. Rosa had attended the Montgomery Industrial School for Girls. She subsidized her income as a tailor's assistant and seamstress, with sewing work for private clients, friends, and family members. Rosa's yellow dress was a wrap dress with a small shawl collar and a v-neck made of fabric featuring brown and yellow flowers and leaves. The flared skirt had six gores, three pleats, and full-length sleeves. The dress also had a fabric belt.  Today that floral dress is on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

It's that time of year: the unveiling of the best gift guide in the podcast multiverse (we like to think). Part 1 stars your most charming—and trickiest—partners, parents, and grandparents. Next week, tune in for part 2, and, in the meantime, dig into the ol' present-paralysis back catalogue. For the full episode recap—with ALL THE LINKS!—head to the A Thing or Two site. Get the ecomm support you need with Shopify. Get a free 14-day trial with our link. Shop our favorite MoMA Design Store finds—so many holiday crowd-pleasers! Feel your best in Honeylove and get 20% off with the code ATHINGORTWO. Book that doctor's appointment already by downloading the free Zocdoc app. Husbands and Boyfriends! 42-year-old male. Recently started dating. Lawyer. Dad. World traveler. Cyclist. Just bought a new house. Moved back to the area (Philly) from upstate new york. photographer. reader. avid home cook. knows a Parisian knot. loves a good meal out. linen shirt wearer. loafers/boat shoes with shorts kind of guy. Enjoys wine and cocktails. catholic raised. city dweller. nerdy and thoughtful. Linoto linen boxers Artemis loafers Stranger's Guide Fellow Travelers Club Arabica coffee plant Photodom photography-themed Croc Jibbitz (Or really anything from Photodom—they have a cute gift guide on their site.) Ghiaia cashmere  La Salumina Amatriciana kit Rapha cycling backpack Tiptop cocktails Depths of Wikipedia tickets—NYC live show on 12/14 or Pittsburgh show on 12/16—or mug Donation to TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image's teen photo program in Philly   Husband who thinks he's outdoorsy but hasn't been camping in decades. Bluefeel Kruca camping fan Gramicci gadget shorts or pants  Battenwear bouldering pants 1733 duffle An actual camping weekend for next summer for him—a lot of places book a year or 9 months in advance. Recs: Hither Hills State Park and Assateague Island. Getaway House gift certificate Wildsam National Parks or Road Trip guides Donation to a local preservation organization, like, say, Save the Boundary Waters in MN  REI outdoor skills classes   Husband who owns a ceramics company and has an eye for design. Courier mag subscription Dusen Dusen for MoMA Subu slippers Quark pegboard for his office or studio Carson Converse small-format quilts Glass-blowing or leather-working class Sight Unseen book How to Live With Objects Donation to People's Pottery Project Wives and Girlfriends!   Chronically ill wife with long-covid 2.5 years, doesn't like surprises, and in bed most days. loves sports, her friends, sitting in the park, and a great deal. Nocs Provisions binoculars—they did a cool collab with the Native artist Amelia Winger-Bearskin that includes a strap Cliq portable chairs  Vintage Masters golf gear, like this eighties ringer tee or this nineties hat) WNBA custom jersey Offhours home coat   Grandparents! My 90-year-old grandma who refuses hearing aides because we don't visit enough and lives off of chipotle and chips. Liberty London 2-in-1 game set - ludo and backgammon Quilted Snakes & Ladders set Frontera Grill carnitas taco kit Fancy chip clips + chips & salsa of the month club subscription   My mostly home-bound grandma. Loves her tomato plants, vitamins, and Bob Barker. Flamingo Estate roma heirloom tomato candle Nonna's Grocer tomato famiglia candle set Bordallo Pinheiro tomate apertifs plate—or lamp! If you have kids who she can share it with: Tomatoes for Neela by Padma Lakshmi 1986 Price Is Right board game Come on Down sweatshirt Chronically Chic pill organizer for her vitamins   Moms, Stepmoms, and Mothers-In-Law!   My mom is my white whale: needs nothing, no guilt in buying herself things she wants. Hates Christmas but derives joy from getting to complain about it. Good cook with a global palette (has all the gadgets she approves of and a long list of gadgets she does not endorse), news junkie, reads a lot. 61, both of my parents are retired, lives in the Pacific Northwest. Has taste but no style, hates clutter. Buys her clothes at Costco. Drinks nice wine that she also buys at Costco. Thinks art is stupid (I am an artist). She's very funny but she really leans into her brand of "antisocial curmudgeon." Successful gifts in the past were an NYtimes subscription and a fancy amaryllis bulb that she can text me about and shame it for blooming the wrong time of year. I try to veer towards consumables. She can also appreciate a handmade ceramic (functional, not decorative). Masienda tortilla starter kit (with Dona Rosa tortilla press) and the companion Masa cookbook  Diaspora Co. chai kit Talbott and Arding cheese club subscription Yun Hai dried fruit—there's a gift set Omsom IYKYK shaker set NYT Spelling Bee hat Hadley & Bennett apron Roz Chast books, like What I Hate from A to Z, or Roz Chast wall art Rachael Pots functional ceramics  Ikebana bowl & bulb from Utility Objects (could pair with fancy Japanese floral scissors)   My mom: She always asks for electronics and then ends up not being able to figure them out - or just doesn't use them. Want to get her something meaningful she will use. 1Password membership Lomi composter M0de electric toothbrush Aarke water purifier Stepmother-in-law who is a spiritual counselor in Colorado. Obviously vegan. Vegan JapanEasy by Tim Anderson, with Moromi soy sauces Rebel Cheese club membership  Yellow Leaf hammock Esalen Institute merch or gift cert  Nora McInerny books  Esker gift sets   Mother In Law - has more clothes than Nordstrom. Lives alone but her party line is always ringing. Bitossi set of 6 wineglasses Gohar World bottle apron Casa Velasquez bolero apron Gossamer Happy Hour hemp pre-rolls Conserva Culture tinned fish gift set Snacks for Dinner: Small Bites, Full Plates, Can't Lose by Lukas Volger  McNally Jackson seminar  Custom sweater mending from Repair Shop  “Come Over” hat from Big Night  Dress for Success donation   This one is for my five-foot-tall Italian American mother in law who has the thickest New York accent I've ever heard and could be described as "a tiny tank" in both stature and personality. she lives on Long Island and has access to everything; also tends to buy herself whatever she wants. so she's extremely hard to gift for. Whatever we give should probably be a physical gift vs. an experience. she is very judgmental and critical and not warm and fuzzy - but she has also had the difficult task of being a single parent to two kids, one of whom, my SIL, is living at home with significant physical and intellectual disabilities and who my MIL devotes all her time to - my SIL is so well taken care of. Looking for a gift that somehow recognizes/responds to all of this. Unspun gift kit Ipsa, depending on part of Long Island House cleaning from We Can Do It! – Si Se Puede Women's Cooperative (only operates in the five boroughs)  Missoni Home blanket Roscioli Italian wine club Marcella's favorites gift set from Gustiamo   Mom and her husband just bought a boat. So something nautical or for small space living. Year of Knots by Windy Chien Malaika hand-printed beach towels Personalized life saver buoy (U.S. Coast Guard-approved!)  Salty Home tide clock Framed nautical flags Haptic Lab sailing ship kite  Petit Kouraj x SVNR tote fishnet seashell tote Issimo inflatable mini terrycloth pillow  Ingredients for a session dark ‘n stormy Donation to The Ocean Cleanup    Mother-in-law who is the solo living grandparent to our 4-year-old and Buddhist priest who wants nothing but time with us. However, she is always a generous and thoughtful gift-giver so I can't just give her time. She is a tea lover but you can imagine how much tea I've already given her. She has a dog, loves the color periwinkle, and spends a lot of time on Zoom with her Sangha. She's forever 'writing a book' and loves getting on board with a system (for writing, for organizing, whatever). Help! Joyoung soy milk machine Daruma doll holding a dog Dog ball launcher MQuan Bell Rice xax candles for meditation Mountain Valley Seed Company seed starter kit medicinal & herbal tea Books to read with the grandkid: Jon J. Muth's The Three Questions and Zen Shorts and Thich Nat Hanh's Where is the Buddha? and A Handful of Quiet Lena Corwin peace towel + matching kid-size one for the grandkid Scrivener subscription   Dads, Step-Dads, and Fathers-in-Law! My dad, who is a retired chef (he still has knives from 40 years ago that he painstakingly cares for and finds most home kitchens to be very pretentious), can build/fix anything, loves to read non-fiction, and was suspended from Twitter frequently for tweeting insults at Donald Trump The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow Peeko oysters Sitka Salmon Share Cabi original trio Vintage RAADVAD bread slicer Manufacture de Digoin vinegar jar to make his own vinegar Milk Street Turkish közmatik Donation to his local food bank   Mid 60's Frenchman who lives in Alsace with his wife and they travel a lot in their RV. they are also coming to the states next spring on a cross-country RV trip so I really think it should revolve around that. but more about him- he doesn't drink or smoke (some Frenchman he is) when we would drive to Florida once a year he would always be so excited to get to put on Latin American music on the radio. last year we got him a record player and records that I am 100% sure he doesn't use. he loves scrabble and card games, and he builds these badass card holders out of wood that he then does wood-burning personalized deco on. he has everything he wants and he wears lee jeans. Neepa Hut food tent Camping chair from Cliq, Woods, or Blue Ridge Chair Works Penco box tote Papier travel journal National Parks pass Personalized leatherbound America: National Parks Atlas (from PBS shop)   Dad who enjoys perfecting logistics and explaining credit card point strategy. Scott's Cheap Flights premium membership Timeshifter app Solgaard carry-on closet suitcase (there's a MoMA collab!) “Clipper Club” 1950 Pan Am membership lounge rocks glass Bug-out bag from Judy Portable phone charger iPad keyboard + Valerie Constance monogrammed keyboard case    Former CIA and green beret but loves appletinis and bubble baths. Straightaway Cocktails  Bathing Culture body wash Sophie Lou Jacobsen martini glasses Esker bath board Avec x Atelier Saucier bundle of cocktail napkins + drink mixers + garnishes + recipes   I need help finding a gift for my picky and hard-working lawyer Dad. He loves outdoor adventures, Neil Young, doing puzzles with my Mom, and reading. My parents recently became part-time New Yorkers and keep buying art museum memberships. He loves to do research before purchasing anything and tends to buy whatever he wants. My Mom is a chronic shopper, so he usually has multiples of whatever he confesses to liking - Ugg slippers, Jack Black face wash, William Henry knives. He is a big guy and doesn't fit into standard S-L sizes. He also doesn't drink alcohol or coffee. In the past, he has disliked gifts that involve more labor (i.e. a smoker, a drone). I am not opposed to making a donation in his name, but my family's love language is gifts and I would need to accompany a donation with something for him to unwrap. Per Claire's request for dental records, he lost his front teeth as a kid playing Pee Wee football. He broke his fake set in a fight the day of his junior prom and attended the dance sans front teeth. He is so fun and deserves a great gift. Last year, I got him a Storyworth membership and he loved it (thanks for the recommendation!) I am hoping for a repeat success. Also, he is a January birthday, so I could use multiple ideas. Please help! Birding Bob walk in Central Park, plus a donation or membership to Wild Bird Fund Tickets to a Happy Medium art class  Day at the spa at Governor's Island Joyce Gold tour Fancy pajamas from P. Le Moult Todd Snyder x New Era nubby Yankees cap (see also:Dodgers, Cubs, and Red Sox hats) MoMA Design Store has great puzzle selection. Also: this Neil Young jigsaw puzzle and Different Puzzles, which are fun and *challenging*   Wisconsin Father in Law who likes sports. End of list. Lambeau Field stadium tours Depending on his teams, gear from a previous stadium—signs and even seats that go up for sale ChamberlainMade keyboard sticker Wisconsin hoodie ornament MLB Validation Pass-Port Wisconsin tri logo tee/sweatshirt Donation to Special Olympics Wisconsin YAY. Produced by Dear Media

Approaching All Hallow's Eve/Halloween, Samhain, and Day of the Dead, we are entering into the season of gratitude - running from now through the Winter Solstice & the calendar's new year. It is a season of gathering, collection, and reflection, and Cultivating Place is in conversation this week with an artist and a green spirit in our garden care world, Louesa Roebuck, about her newest book Punk Ikebana: Reimagining the Art of Floral Design (gathering, gleaning & composing in situ), being published by Cameron books on November 8. With Renaissance-reminiscent, still-life-rich photography by Ian Hughes and a poetic introduction by Obi Kauffman, Punk Ikebana is a wild wonder of abundance perspective and grounded gratitude. I invite you to listen in. All photos by Ian Hughes, courtesy of Louesa Roebuck, all rights reserved. Cultivating Place now has a donate button! We thank you so much for listening over the years and we hope you'll support Cultivating Place. We can't thank you enough for making it possible for this young program to grow even more of these types of conversations. The show is available as a podcast on SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Podcast, and Stitcher. To read more and for many more photos, please visit www.cultivatingplace.com.

Approaching All Hallow's Eve/Halloween, Samhain, and Day of the Dead, we are entering into the season of gratitude - running from now through the Winter Solstice & the calendar's new year. It is a season of gathering, collection, and reflection, and Cultivating Place is in conversation this week with an artist and a green spirit in our garden care world, Louesa Roebuck, about her newest book Punk Ikebana: Reimagining the Art of Floral Design (gathering, gleaning & composing in situ), being published by Cameron + Company Books on November 8. Louesa is a multimedia and multigenre creative, floral artist, printmaker, painter, textile designer, curator, and author. You may recall our conversation several years ago around her first book: Foraged Flora. In Punk Ikebana, Louesa starts from a place of reverence for tradtion, in particular those of Japan, but also from a place of "peace-punk, Do-No-Harm." Ikebana, “the way of the flowers,” has been studied formally in Japan and beyond for centuries. In Punk Ikebana, Louesa explains and riffs on the art form's classic rules—and then demonstrates how to seasonally, sensually, and meaningfully bend them. The book highlights stunning arrangements and installations that unite the cultural meanings and wise elegance of a traditional perspective with an inviting freedom from convention for anyone to feel welcome into.

This week's guest is Amanda Luu, owner of Studio Mondine. Studio Mondine is a San Francisco based floral design studio which seeks to balance the simplicity of Japanese ikebana with the abundance of western style flower arranging. It was wonderful to learn about how Amanda found her way into the floral world and how Studio Mondine has grown. Amanda shares about the strengths of her team, the art behind Ikebana, creating a suitability impact report for their business, and so much more. Learn more about Amanda and all of our past guests by visiting TheFlowerPodcast.com Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. We are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Gaana, and many more! Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for access to all of our Zoom chats, tutorials, IG Lives, and video extras. Sponsors of The Flower Podcast Curate Accent Decor The Gardeners Workshop Real Flower Business Society of American Florists Rooted Farmers ASCFG Intrigued Experience Conference

For Larisa Telford, the path to excellence in the Japanese art of Ikebana started in 2000, and now she has the highest rank as a teacher of the modern Sogetsu school. We spoke to Larisa about the art of flower arrangement and the upcoming Melbourme Ikebana Festival. - Для Ларисы Телфорд путь к совершенству в японском искусстве Икебаны начался в двухтысячном году, и сейчас у нее высший ранг учителя современной школы Согецу. И речь здесь не только о художественной практике, но и о системе восточного понимания соразмерности и гармонии, которой Лара рада обучать тех, кто интересуется

Let us not live in fear at this time - but allow us to make changes everyday that can help us to improve our lives. The anecdote to fear is love and education: empower yourself! Here are some small and easy steps written by Tom Corley, author and contributor to CNBC Make it - PS thank you so so so much for your love letters and support, after the loss of Sisi. I am so grateful to you. -dream setting: think of achieving your desires, better accompaniments, dreams and even mapping them out - it can be as small as note taking on a post-it note, a pinterest page, a business plan, new goals or as big as a vision board, write them down & dont let anyone stop you... I certainly didn't!  -educate and or practice for at least 30 minutes each day: some of my favorite topics on education? - Ikebana, photography, design, writing, enrichment of better writing and journalism, documentaries. Kaizen. -exercise daily: get the circulation going, blood flowing and release more endorphins. commit to better quality workouts and ones that leave you feeling great with real results! -cultivate better friendships and relationships; be honest, show up on time, be sincere, ask a friend to lunch, call on a birthday, call during a time of loss or hardship  - stop being so damn flaky. Be good to those you love and who love you.  -find time to rest and relax: its okay to take some big breaks! Its also okay to turn technology off more often and read more books, step into nature, sleep as much as possible and cook more at home. You are not missing out on anything!  thank you for listening, please leave a five star review on apple and spotify xx Candice  Tom Corley - original story: thank you Tom! https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/06/21/tom-corley-240-minutes-a-day-separates-the-rich-from-everyone-else.html?__source=instagram%7Cmakeit&utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-cnbcmakeit&utm_content=later-24879180&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio

Let us not live in fear at this time - but allow us to make changes everyday that can help us to improve our lives. The anecdote to fear is love and education: empower yourself! Here are some small and easy steps written by Tom Corley, author and contributor to CNBC Make it - PS thank you so so so much for your love letters and support, after the loss of Sisi. I am so grateful to you. -dream setting: think of achieving your desires, better accompaniments, dreams and even mapping them out - it can be as small as note taking on a post-it note, a pinterest page, a business plan, new goals or as big as a vision board, write them down & dont let anyone stop you... I certainly didn't! -educate and or practice for at least 30 minutes each day: some of my favorite topics on education? - Ikebana, photography, design, writing, enrichment of better writing and journalism, documentaries. Kaizen.-exercise daily: get the circulation going, blood flowing and release more endorphins. commit to better quality workouts and ones that leave you feeling great with real results!-cultivate better friendships and relationships; be honest, show up on time, be sincere, ask a friend to lunch, call on a birthday, call during a time of loss or hardship  - stop being so damn flaky. Be good to those you love and who love you. -find time to rest and relax: its okay to take some big breaks! Its also okay to turn technology off more often and read more books, step into nature, sleep as much as possible and cook more at home. You are not missing out on anything! thank you for listening, please leave a five star review on apple and spotify xx Candice Tom Corley - original story: thank you Tom! https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/06/21/tom-corley-240-minutes-a-day-separates-the-rich-from-everyone-else.html?__source=instagram%7Cmakeit&utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-cnbcmakeit&utm_content=later-24879180&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio Get full access to Candice's Substack at candicekumai.substack.com/subscribe

Ekaterina explains how she was called to floral perfection, artistry and beauty after her intense career as an international business negotiator. Today, she is known around the world for her incredible Ikebana floral design and passion for teaching this incredible art form. Visit: www.BloomTVnetwork.com

I'm excited to invite you to my conversation with Molly Nakahara. Molly is a farmer and the farm institute director at the nonprofit Sierra Harvest, she has also worked to support farmers through the UC Cooperative Extension and as a member of the EcoFarm Board of Directors. Molly grew up in the Bay Area but moved with her partner to Grass Valley in 2010 to build Dinner Bell Farm, which offers certified organic flowers and pasture-raised pork. Molly's paternal grandparents farmed lettuce and green onions in Salinas, before they were imprisoned at a Japanese internment camp during WWII and their land was confiscated. After the war, her family continued to grow for themselves on a small city allotment and this nurtured her passion for growing food and flowers.  For Molly, farming has been a radical act of connecting with her ancestors and continuing her family's farming legacy that was previously cut short by racism and xenophobia.Like many growers, when Molly first forayed into farming, she committed to only growing "pragmatic" crops, meaning food. She believed flowers to be impractical, and chose not to plant them at first. However, as time went on, she opened up to the magic and possibility that flowers provide. Molly learned that her grandmother was an immensely talented ikebana artist. Ikebana is the ancient Japanese art of arranging flowers, or in translation, "making flowers alive." She began her own practice of creating art and beauty through arranging flowers. Early into her flower farming journey, Molly's husband had the idea that they donate extra flowers to the local hospice center. She found the experience of bringing  joy to people in their final days to be immensely moving. She grew the practice even more, and has allowed customers to help pitch in so that she may be able to give back even more to the hospice community. Growing flowers has also allowed Molly to appreciate their value in new ways. Paraphrasing her sentiments, flowers are how we express emotion. They are a part of the most important events in our lives. People buy flowers for weddings, births, funerals, and other special occasions. They are how we express affection to one another.  Through her work, she now feels like she is helping to connect with, and heal, her ancestral line. In our conversation we speak about the difficulties small scale farmers face when it comes to land access and climate uncertainty, reconnecting with ancestral legacy, the tremendous power of small radical acts of kindness, raising children on a farm, the value of specializing, and so much more.This is a story about healing through the soil, being a good neighbor, the emotional value of philanthropy, and embracing beauty for its own sake. To read her full feature, see photos from her farm now (and from our visit back in 2018), visit the blog: www.urbanexodus.com/blogSupport the show

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart   Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee    Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community   Historical Events Compost Awareness Week   1742 Birth of Jean Senebier, a Swiss pastor and botanist. Where would we be without Senebier? We'd still be breathing, but we'd lack the knowledge that carbon dioxide is consumed by plants and, in turn, that plants produce oxygen as part of the process of photosynthesis. In a nutshell, Senebier's work is crucial because he had learned the function of leaves: capturing carbon for food. Before Senebier, the purpose of leaves and what they did for plants and people was unknown. It was Jean Senebier who said, Observation and experiment are two sisters who help each other.   1754 Birth of Joseph Joubert, French moralist and essayist. Remembered mainly for his Pensées ("Pon-see") or (Thoughts), which were published posthumously, he once wrote, All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.   1856 Birth of Sigmund Freud (books about this person), Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. Freud once offered this humorous insight: Common sense is a rare flower and does not grow in everyone's garden.   Freud offered up a few dispassionate observations regarding the natural world.  He once wrote,  Beauty has no obvious use, nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it.   And he also wrote, Flowers are restful to look at. They have neither emotions nor conflicts.   Online there are many photos of Freud and his family in the garden of their home in London. The Freuds left their home in Austria to escape the Nazis with the help of Princess Marie Bonaparte (books about this person), known as Princess George of Greece and Denmark. In 1938, there was a photo of Sigmund with his daughter Anna and Martha in the garden of Marie Bonaparte's house in Paris after arriving on the Orient Express from Vienna. Anna looks happy, Martha looks at a flower, and Sigmund has a little snooze in his garden bed. The Freud home in London was much larger and nicer, and there was a large backyard with a garden.  The property still boasts Freud's rose garden and is now the Freud Museum at 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, London NW3, England. In 2008, the French botanist and biologist Francis Hallé wrote, Everyone knows that going to the garden does not solve the problems of everyday life, yet it relativizes them and makes them more bearable.  Sigmund Freud had this late regret: 'I lost my time; the only important thing in life is gardening.'   1925 On this day, at the age of 29, the great twentieth-century reformer of Japanese gardens, Mirei Shigemori (books about this person), changed his name from Kazuo ("Kah-zoh") to Mirei (“me-RAY”).  The name change was a tribute to the 19th-century French painter of pastoral landscapes and daily life, Jean Francois Millet (books about this person), who once said, It is the treating of the commonplace with the feeling of the sublime that gives to art its true power.   In 1932, Mirei founded the Kyoto Garden Society. Mirei practiced the art of tea - Chado ("Cha-doe") and the art of flower arranging - Ikebana ("ick-aye-bah-na").  Mirei once advised, People who try to do research on the garden have to very seriously study the way of tea.   Mirei wrote eighty-one books, including the Illustrated Book on the History of the Japanese Garden in 26-volumes, released in 1938. Mother Nature played an important role in shaping Mirei's life when the Muroto Typhoon destroyed much of Kyoto in 1934. Many sacred temples, shrines, and gardens were wiped out in the life-altering storm. In response, Mirei took action.  He used his own money and became one of the first designers to survey every garden in Japan - creating records for restoration if they were ever damaged or destroyed. The tour provided a valuable service to his country and was also a means for Mirei to learn garden design - with a particular focus on incorporating rocks and stone. As a garden designer, Mirei was entirely self-taught. Throughout his fifty-year career, Mirei designed over two hundred gardens, including the checkerboard North Garden/Moss Garden at Tofukuji ("Tofu-kah-gee") Temple, Kyoto (1939), the dry landscape at Zuiho-in ("zwee-ho een" (1961), and the garden at the oldest shrine in Kyoto City, the Matsuo Taisha ("maht-sue-oh Ty-sha"(1975). The shrine is dedicated to the gods of water in western Kyoto and was an important place for sake-brewing families to worship over the centuries. In 2020, the second edition of landscape architect Christian Tschumi's book, Mirei Shigemori - Rebel in the Garden, was released.  In it, Christian breaks down the profound influences and meanings behind Mirei's most iconic gardens. Christian once wrote, Shigemori's body of work is a compelling manifesto for continuous cultural renewal.   Grow That Garden Library™ Book Recommendation The Layered Garden by David Culp This book came out in 2012, and the subtitle is Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage. Well, I'm a huge David Culp fan, and I feel like I'm telling you about this book just in time for summer because this book can help you set the stage for how you want your garden to look all year long. And since the summer lays entirely before us, this book is just in time for you. If you're planning a new garden or a garden redesign, you could do a lot worse than having David Culp be your guide. Laura Springer Ogden wrote a review that's right on the cover of the book, And it says, Garden-making in its finest form is a celebration of life and love - and David and this book epitomize this. I couldn't agree more. And by the way, you'll probably recognize the photographer's name for David's book as well -  it's Rob Cardillo. Rob always does such a fantastic job photographing gardens, so this book's photos are top-notch. Now David kicks things off in this book with a quote from Francis Bacon, it's from Of Gardens (1625) - and it's one of my favorite garden quotes: There ought to be gardens for all the months in the year, in which severally things of beauty may be then in season.   Of course, this sets the stage for what David is trying to teach us: how to have a garden that looks good all year long. Now I thought I would share this quick little sweet story that David shares at the beginning of his book. It gives all of us some great ideas - especially if you have young gardeners in your life. David wrote One fall, when I was about nine years old, my grandmother Thorpe gave me a bag of bulbs and said, "you go out and plant them." I felt more than a little trepidation. I had never planted anything without her supervision. But she reassured me. "You can do it. You won't go wrong." Her generosity could have been ruinous to her flower border. But I got the bulbs planted with no mishaps. The next spring, when they bloomed, I almost burst with pride. When she told all her friends, "David did that."  And from that moment, I knew I was a gardener.  And after all these years, it remains the core of how I define myself.   I love that story for a couple of different reasons. Number one, it really does tee up what David is talking about here in The Layered Garden because as a gardener, if you dismiss specific categories of plants out of hand, like the flowers that you get with spring bulbs, then you'll likely miss one of the layers that can help make your garden beautiful all through the year. Now the other reason I like this story is for practical purposes. I hear all the time from new gardeners who are so anxious about planting bulbs, And now I'm going to say, "Hey, if David Culp - as a nine-year-old - can do it, you can too. And then last but not least, I hope this plants a tiny seed with all of us that if we are interacting with kids in the garden, we definitely need to introduce them to planting spring-flowering bulbs because the result in the spring is just so impressive and unique. It also instills that sense of pride that you can get when your garden work goes to plan, and you experience that first flush of color. It's so wonderful. Throughout David's book, he reinforces this concept of the layered garden, but I will give you just a little snippet of how he introduces it here. He goes into much more detail and offers many more tips - wonderful little nuggets and tiny ideas - for making this look work for you. Here's how he introduces the concept in his book. Garden layers are made up of a variety of plants- some with complimentary or contrasting colors, others with interesting shapes or textures. Layers are more than just perennials or annuals or bulbs or ground covers. They're more than just the ground layer of plants. That's the sole focus of many gardens. Beautiful combinations are certainly possible, even in the tiniest scale. Think of dwarf Solomon's Seal underplanted with moss - that makes a precious six-inch-high picture. But to get the most interest from any garden, all the layers need to be considered from the ground level to the middle level of shrubs and small trees up to the canopy trees. Growing plants on vertical surfaces, walls, fences, trellises, arbors, and other supports even climbing up trees, when we can be sure that they will do no harm, adds to the picture by bringing flowers and foliage to eye level and above.   So there you go. An introduction to what David is talking about when he says The Layered Garden. You might be intuitively doing some layering already in your garden as you look for more ways to garden - looking for different plants - or finding and curating other ideas that you can put in your garden. But I think what David adds is his mastery because he knows how to make all of this work in a very cohesive way that's pleasing to the eye. David's book talks about how to do a layered garden and design it - which is probably the key for most of us because we often don't think about that. If we layer the garden, it can just happen organically. But then, sometimes, we can end up with a little bit of a confused look. Next, David talks about maintaining the layered garden, which is very important. Now there are two other aspects of this book that I want to share with you. So the first chapter talks about the layered garden, and it walks you all through that. But The second chapter introduces you to his garden at Brandywine Cottage. This is important because you get a garden tour here, and David shows you how he's put this layered garden technique to work right on his property. By the way, this is not David's first at-bat gardening; he's designed many gardens. So, all of his work is coming together, culminating at Brandywine. And then the last chapter, I think, is one of the most important chapters of the book. Here David shares his signature plants that he advises we consider incorporating into our gardens throughout the seasons. So, this is a great list. This is a list of plants from a garden designer - a garden lover - and someone who works in gardens every day. So right there, that's an invaluable part of this book. This book is 312 pages of layered gardening, the beauty of the garden at Brandywine, and then some of David's most treasured garden design secrets and favorite plants. You can get a copy of The Layered Garden by David Culp and support the show using the Amazon link in today's show notes for around $18.   Botanic Spark 1682 On this day, Louis XIV (books about this person) of France moved his court to the Palace of Versailles. Originally, Versailles was built as a country house. Nine miles from Paris, Versailles was ideally situated near neighboring forests for hunting. Today Versailles is known for its opulence - the Hall of Mirrors, stunning art, and lush gardens. The massive gardens at Versailles are the most famous in the world. The garden is home to over 1,000 statues, and in the Facebook group for the show, I shared a stunning photo of the garden sculptures at Versailles surrounded by sandbags for protection during WWII. In 2006, Ian Thompson wrote a fantastic book called, The Sun King's Garden: Louis XIV, Andre le Notre and the Creation of the Gardens of Versailles. Ian believes that Louis XIV may also have been history's most passionate gardener. Louis, the absolute monarch, was known as the “Sun King,”  specifically designed the central axis to be east-west to track the sun's path across the garden. Louis worked closely for forty years with the low-born gardener André Le Nôtre to devise the original design and geometrical layout. Temperament-wise, André and Louis could not have been more different. Louis was driven and merciless. André was funny, thoughtful, insightful, and easy-going. In 1979, Versailles, including the garden, was declared a World Heritage Site. And in 2014, Alain Baraton wrote Gardener of Versailles: My Life in the World's Grandest Garden. As the gardener-in-chief, Alain lives on the grounds at Versailles. Alain has worked in the gardens, orchards, and fields for four decades. This memoir reveals Alain's connection to the grandest garden in the world. And in case you're wondering, Alain believes fall is the best time to visit. Alain oversaw the recovery from the worst natural disaster ever to hit Versailles. On Christmas night through the 26th of December in 1999, a monster winter storm with winds of up to 105 mph struck the grounds of Versaille. Alain watched in horror as century trees let go of the earth in response. In a little over an hour, the storm felled 10,000 trees at Versailles, including two tulip trees planted by Marie-Antoinette in 1783 in Trianon and a Corsican pine planted for Napoleon in 1810. Alain said, It was like the apocalypse. In one hour, 200 years of trees were destroyed.   But, miraculously, all of the statues survived unharmed. Although, there was one account that I read of a tree falling on one of the great statues. And as it hit the ground, the branches parted as if to spare that statue. It gave me chills just reading that. It was quite the story.   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener And remember: For a happy, healthy life, garden every day.

Yoonmi Nam is an artist whose work dances between emptiness and the frailty of things. What's left behind, and the beauty that comes from that. Yoonmi's work reminds me of the kuchi-e prints of the early twentieth century where space and soft colour creates prints that draw the viewer into the work.  In this episode of The Unfinished Print I speak with Yoonmi Nam about her mokuhanga, the materials used in her work, and what attracts her to the medium. We also go into detail about her travels around the world, the “other” and how that feeling is worked into her mokuhanga and lithography, and much much more.  Please follow The Unfinished Print and my own print work on Instagram @andrezadoroznyprints Twitter @unfinishedprint, or email me at theunfinishedprint@gmail.com Notes: may contain a hyperlink. Simply click on the highlighted word or phrase. Yoonmi Nam - website, Instagram  The Mokuhanga Sisters - are a mokuhanga collective consisting of Yoonmi Nam, Mariko Jesse, Lucy May Schofield, Melissa Schulenberg, Kate MacDonagh, Katie Baldwin, Mia-O, Patty Hudak, and Natasha Norman. Instagram Hong-Ik University - is a private university located in Seoul South Korea. More info, here.  State of Kansas - the state of Kansas was founded as a US state in 1861 and is an interesting microcosm of American history.  A long history of Native American, early settlers, the Louisiana Purchase, Brown v Board of Education etc. More info, here. Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) - one of the first independent colleges of art and design in the US and started by women. A fascinating story, more info can be found, here.  lithography - is a printing process which requires a stone or aluminum plate, and invented in the 18th Century. More info, here from the Tate.  intaglio printing - is a printing method using metal plates such as zinc, and copper, creating “recessed” areas which are printed with ink on the surface of these "recesses.” More info, here.  screen printing - also called, serigraphy, is a method of printing by using stencils forcing the ink through the screen onto paper, or other fabric. More info, here.  Mustard Seed Garden Manual of Painting - is an early-Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1912) manual focused on colour printing. More info can be found, here.  Ten Bamboo Studio - created in 1633 by Hu Zhengyan and is an early example of woodblock printing. More, info can be found here. oriental  - is a word generally used to describe area's of East and South Asia and is considered offensive and deeply rooted in colonialism.  Western Art History - has a deep and long history which cannot be described adequately in a short post. More info can be found, here.  Asian Art History - has a deep and long history which cannot be adequately described in a short post. More info can be found, here.  Toru Ueba - was a print instructor at Nagasawa Art Park, and was one of Yoonmi's instructors in 2004. The Korean War - is a war begun in 1950, and continues today, between North and South Korea. It is considered to be the first battle of the Cold War between the United States and Communism. More info, here.  Japanese Occupation of Korea - from 1910-1945, the Japanese occupation of Korea was a brutal, colonial project by the then Japanese military government under the “Greater East Asia Co-Propserity Sphere.” It was used as a an excuse by the Japanese government to colonize Korea and spread the Japanese imperial project. More info, here.  Lithographic turpentine touche wash - is a method or technique in lithography using turpentine. More info, here.  Crown Point Press - is a print shop, started in 1962 by printmaker Kathan Brown in San Fransisco. The group worked on many different types of printmaking such as etchings and even woodblock. More info, here. Nagasawa Art Park (MI Lab) Awaji City - Nagasawa Art Park was an artist-in-residence program located in Awaji City, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It was open for 12 years before evolving into MI Lab in 2012. More info, here.  woodblock water based printing in Asia -  woodblock printing has been produced throughout Asia, not just Japan. China, and Korea have histories of water based woodblock printing. Some info can be found, here Shoichi Kitamura - is a woodblock carver and has been involved in MI Lab through demonstrations. More info can be found, here.  Mariko Jesse - is a mokuhanga printmaker, author, and designer. She is a member of the Mokuhanga Sisters collective, and a part of Wood+Paper+Box with Yoonmi Nam. website  Katie Baldwin - is an artist, with part of her focus being on mokuhanga, who is a member of Wood+Paper+Box and Shift-Lab. website Melissa Schulenberg - woodblock printmaker and teacher. Some of her work can be found, here.  Lucy May Schofield - is a printmaker, photographer, and scroll maker (kakemono, 掛物) and is based in England. website, Instagram. scrolls - called kakemono 掛物 or emakimono 絵巻物  in Japanese. These scrolls contain many different types of themes and subjects. More info can be found, here.  kirazuri -  is a technique in woodblock printing using mica to add a sheen to the print. Mokuhanga artist Marcia Guetschow has written about kirazuri on her website, here. shōmenzuri - which literally means “front-printing” is where the finished print is rubbed in reverse to give a polished texture. More info, here.  Borderless scroll - is the Mokuhanga Sisters collaborative scroll. Shown in Nara during the International Mokuhanga Conference, as well as at the Southern Vermont Art Center. Brexit - is the withdrawal of the UK form the EU. Sumi Fusion  - was the theme from the 2021 International Mokuhanga Conference. Arranged Flowers Series - can be found, here.  Photo lithography - is a way of creating a piece of art which transfers the photograph onto an aluminum plate or stone. More info, here.  Ikebana -  the art of flower arranging, and is a part of the three Classical Japanese arts of refinement. The others are incense appreciation (kōdō), and the tea ceremony (chadō). More info here.  Sugetsu ikebana - described as “anytime, anywhere, by anyone” is a style of ikebana which can be created wherever you may find yourself. More info can be found, here. Four Seasons series - found, here. Japanese book binding - called yotsume toji, or four hole book binding, is a style of Japanese bookbinding or the book, or scroll. There are  different variations in Korea, and China. More info, here.   Camellia flower/oil - is an oil used in beauty products but also when treating your baren. More info can be found at woodblock.com nattō - is a traditional Japanese food made of fermented soybeans and is an acquired taste. Usually served on rice in a traditional Japanese breakfast with fish and raw eggs.  Wood Like Matsumura - is an online and brick and mortar store, for woodblock printmaking, located in Nerima City, Tōkyō. website. Ozuwashi -  is a brick and mortar paper store located in the Nihonbashi district of Tōkyō. More info here. hanji - is a Korean paper made from mulberry. More info found, here. Holbein - is a pigment company based in Japan, Canada, and the United States. Their pigments are lush and strong. More info, here. Daniel Smith pigments - is a provider of pigments in watercolour, paints and oil. More info, here.  pansion paper - is a type of Japanese paper which can be used in mokuhanga. It is a heavy paper, about 89g. More info can be found at Ozuwashi, here.  shina - is a type of Japanese plywood used in mokuhanga. University of Kansas - started in 1866 and is the state's flagship university. More info, here. Penland School of Craft - is a school which welcomes students from all over the world. Located in North Carolina, the school offers eight-week workshops in many different types of mediums. More info, here.  Print Center - is a gallery and store located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. More info, here. Paradigm Gallery - is a gallery and studio located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and established in 2010. More, info here. opening and closing credit music - Spadina subway station music.  © Popular Wheat Productions logo designed and produced by Douglas Batchelor and André Zadorozny  Disclaimer: Please do not reproduce or use anything from this podcast without shooting me an email and getting my express written or verbal consent. I'm friendly :) Слава Україну If you find any issue with something in the show notes please let me know. ***The opinions expressed by guests in The Unfinished Print podcast are not necessarily those of André Zadorozny and of Popular Wheat Productions.***        

If you are interested in learning more about Ikebana design and what it takes to become an Ikebana Master then this episode is for you! Nixon Tran, of When Still, is going to share about his journey along with diving into the history of Ikebana, the basics of the design, resources if you want to learn, and more. Show notes & video replay: https://blog.mayesh.com/mww-becoming-an-ikebana-master-with-nixon-tran 

Managers know the value of team building, but not all activities are effective or right for your people. Traditional team-building activities like ropes courses, paintball games, or scavenger hunts often don’t speak to millennials or employees in other generations. They can also be competitive instead of collaborative, or require physical abilities that not everyone is capable of. Instead, managers can look for activities that are fun, accessible, and translate into productive relationships in the workplace, like floral design. Today’s guest is Elise Bernhardt. Elise served as CEO or Executive Director of multiple non-profit cultural organizations during her 30 year career. She then reinvented herself as a floral designer and facilitator which combined her passion for flowers and bringing people together through her flower design workshops. Elise and I talk about the lessons she’s learned from years of leading people and organizations of different sizes, as well as her unusual approach to team building that includes flowers, and what we can learn from that process. Three members of the Modern Manager community get a discount on Elise’s floral design workshops. Get one of these when you join the Modern Manager community. Subscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, articles, and free mini-guides delivered to your inbox. Read the related blog article: How Floral Design Can Strengthen Your Team’s Relationships. KEEP UP WITH ELISE Website: www.fleurelisebkln.com Instagram: @fleur_elise_bkln Key Takeaways: Many common team-building exercises can be stressful and competitive, making the experience feel less inclusive. Ikebana is the Japanese art of floral design. It is considered a spiritual practice and a life skill. Flowers have also been shown to reduce blood pressure. Floral design team building workshops are non judgemental and relaxing. They create opportunities for bonding, creativity, and self-expression because there is no right answer. After completion, everyone shares observations about each others’ work such as color and placement. This is different from sharing feedback on what you like or dislike, or what you think would make the arrangement better. Observational dialogue shifts how people reflect and share. It is a useful tool to carry over into workplace feedback. It focuses on what you notice and conveying that in a neutral tone.

Meet world renown Ikebana artist, Ilse Beunen, shares her 11 year journey in Japan, including how the Japanese floral artform of Ikebana led to a journey of self discovery and mastery. Visit www.BloomTVNetwork.com