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Anagama : Firing No. 2 ~ Gracias A La Vida

By Lawrence Barrow On September 27, 2016 ·
The early evening rays of an August sun bled across the fields through the pines as three crows freeze and circle above the kiln site where piles of uncut strips of larch lay strewn around and the torn camouflage of tarpaulin flapped in the wind. A lot of work needed to be done before [...]
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Scots Farm & the Flying Monk Arts’ Trail

On August 20, 2016 By Lawrence Barrow
The history of aviation does not begin with the Wright brothers' flight in 1903 but in 1010 with Elmer, a Benedictine monk of Malmesbury Abbey who made a short flight from the tower of the Abbey, using wings he had made himself, strapped on to [...]
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~ When We Were Born Again ~

On July 29, 2016 By Lawrence Barrow
WHEN WE WERE BORN AGAIN In the silver night In the blinking of an amber light I see you painting there in black and white You're whistlin' down a gilded street Blonde listenin' to the heart beat In the mercury risin' heat When we [...]
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~ 金閣寺 ~ The Temple of the Golden Pavilion ~

On July 29, 2016 By Lawrence Barrow
Afflicted with an incurable stammer The novice acolyte constantly endured The mockeries of the senior monks Within the confines of the monastery Where Yōsuke was given the name Dōshin Who sought the Way to Liberation Without the precincts was an island [...]
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~ Les Fleurs Du Mal ~

On July 19, 2016 By Lawrence Barrow
~ LES * FLEURS * DU * MAL ~ * The dark Satanic mills cast coal black shadows Over the once green hills and to the far away meadows Surrounded by a forest of oak and ash sooted grey Where Loz the Smithy beat his hammer Over an anvil with lungs [...]
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Tyger,tyger

虎の子渡し 〜 Tyger, Tyger

On July 17, 2016 By Lawrence Barrow
TYGER, TYGER  〜 虎の子渡し TORA-NO-KO-WATASHI Met my love by the aqueduct The tiger's room was of old gold A dream painted on the sliding doors Where I kissed a girl by the aqueduct Drifting clouds through the hazy moon The mountains dry and sea so raked Cats a prowlin' in the street and my heart [...]
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涅槃図詩 ~ Nirvana in Paris

On July 12, 2016 By Lawrence Barrow
NIRVANA IN PARIS     - or -      NEHAN-ZU 涅槃図   ~  PARINIRVANA  by LB 慈 The fire is extinguished Even the smouldering embers Maybe the wheel will spin again Splattered with The remnants Of a dry land In the led and dead Of a lamp black night A new moon On this [...]
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Dreaming Kyoto

On June 14, 2016 By Lawrence Barrow
京にても 京なつかしや 時鳥        芭蕉 "Even in Kyoto Hearing the cuckoo's cry .. Dreaming Kyoto " Bashō (1644 – 1694) An interview with LB recorded in March, for 'Dreaming Kyoto', a podcast which aims to spotlight creative individuals who have found a unique path in Japan's old capital. A 30 minute interview: (here on SoundCloud)
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左馬窯 ~ The First Firing

On November 12, 2015 By Lawrence Barrow
  Horses are considered a symbol of good luck in Japan on the first firing of a new kiln. The character for horse is often found written on pots that are fired in a new kiln, the character for horse 馬、however is written backwards and then bares a similarity to the character for dance, something [...]
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U.K. Anagama – ’Go-go-Gama 五合窯’

On August 24, 2015 By Lawrence Barrow
The anagama kiln (Japanese: 穴窯) is an ancient type of pottery kiln brought to Japan from China via Korea in the 5th century. An anagama (a Japanese term meaning "cave kiln") consists of a firing chamber with a firebox at one end and a flue at the other. Although the term "firebox" is used to describe the space for [...]
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