Category: Current Issue

Abba, tell me a word

Scenes from the Lives of the Desert Fathers (Thebaid). Fra Angelico, 1420. Tempera on poplar wood. Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Wikimedia Commons. Source/Photographer: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/VAHKpwvs_fhZ-A

The Desert Fathers and Mothers— and their culture of search

Looking for Gold: The alchemy of Cinderella

Cinderella. Carl Offterdinger, nineteenth century. From My First Book of Fairy Tales. Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Harke

The hidden teachings of a beloved fairy tale

The Art of Budo

Portion of a facsimile of calligraphy by Wang Xizhi. All images courtesy of John Stevens and Shambhala Publications

The calligraphy and paintings of the martial arts masters

Testimony

Truong Son National Cemetery, memorial to North Vietnamese soldiers, Vietnam. Photograph by Gonzo Gooner, 2010. Wikimedia Commons. Photo by Gonzo Gooner. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons

A powerful remembrance of war and peace

In the Hands of the Sea

Landscape, seascape: Vågen VIII (Wave VIII). August Strindberg, 1901/1902. Nordic Museum, Stockholm. Wikimedia Commons. Source/Photographer: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/ygHgZV4EYwrCtQ

A rapturous elegy to love