
An American Odyssey: Harvesting Madaké Bamboo in the Southeast
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Me and my father walking and talking with Jim Mortensen and his son in his Alabama bamboo groves, 2010

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Me and my father walking and talking with Jim Mortensen and his son in his Alabama bamboo groves, 2010

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A few months ago, my friend and renowned shakuhachi craftsman, Jem Klein, presented me with an unexpected request. During a…

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Me and Jem play fighting over the “wishbone” Madaké root end bamboo that I harvested for shakuhachi, NC, 2013 The…

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Weaving Patience: The Komuso Tengai For many weeks, I’ve been working on weaving a Komuso monk Tengai ‘basket hat,’ or…