A retrospective on my Komuso practice in the streets of America
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Above: practicing formal shakuhachi Takuhatsu Komuso alms begging and weaving my Tengai hat I haven’t talked about my time spent…
RSI Musician’s Injuries
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I think many people might be surprised to learn that, in the past, I struggled with debilitating pain and nerve…
Teaching Shakuhachi in Spain and Other News
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I held a little shakuhachi ‘show and tell’ here in Rota, Spain. We were at a beautiful overlook of tumbling…
My New and Final Shakuhachi Signature
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I started making bamboo flutes around the age of 16 (as of this writing I’ll be turning 38 on Dec.…
Reminiscing on my first shakuhachi lesson
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NYC, 2005, beginning of fall – I was to have my first shakuhachi lesson with Ron Nyogetsu in the West…
Unboxing 240+ pieces of old Madaké bamboo from Japan
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I was very fortunate to be able to acquire 30+ year old Madaké bamboo from Japan for the crafting of…
Saying Bye to the Bell Shakuhachi
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I mentioned in my newsletter recently that the time’s come for me to retire from making the current iteration of…
My first Buddhist teaching or “showing”
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My practice of Zen Buddhism and other traditions of meditation began around the age of fifteen. While I’ve had many…
Harvesting Madaké Bamboo in Japan for Shakuhachi
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Thanks to the sales of the Bell Shakuhachi I was able to afford a trip to Japan to harvest Madaké bamboo this…
My North American Japanese Madaké bamboo harvests
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Me and my father walking and talking with Jim Mortensen and his son in his Alabama bamboo groves, 2010