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Culture, Haiku February 6, 2014

A time to play

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A monk in Bhutan tries his hand at blowing bubbles. Photo by STEVE EVANS/Wikimedia Commons Images A haiku by LIN TAO  There are some things…

Culture, Haiku January 30, 2014

Human nature

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The Illuminated Crowd, Montreal. Photo by JEAN GAGNON, Wikimedia Commons A haiku by LIN TAO I am human, thus I act, feel, think, love, hate all The…

Culture, Haiku January 30, 2014

A longing

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Terence Bay lighthouse, Nova Scotia. Photo by DENNIS JARVIS, Wikimedia Commons  by MAY S. RACAZA I see you and yet I don’t but long to see…

Culture, Haiku January 23, 2014

Meeting halfway

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ILLUSTRATION by TIHMILY LI A haiku by LIN TAO A careful, light touch And ripples spread further Until they met yours Lin Tao is a French-Chinese-Canadian haiku…

Culture, Haiku January 16, 2014

Winter’s mantle

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Photo by MARITES N. SISON A haiku by LIN TAO Snowflake to snowflake My field is an ocean A great white expanse. Lin Tao is a French-Chinese-Canadian…

Culture, The Arts January 8, 2014

Art by a thousand cuts

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Colombian-Canadian artist Josefina Hernandez shares her passion for the ancient Chinese art form of jianzhi, or paper cutting. Photos courtesy of JOSEFINA HERNANDEZ  By BEATRICE S….

Culture, Haiku December 31, 2013

Year’s end

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Illustration by TIHMILY LI A haiku by LIN TAO I nearly forgot That tomorrow was to come And uproot today   Lin Tao is a…

Culture, The Arts December 31, 2013

Close up: Tohoku

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Photographs in order of appearance: Kesengawa, Naoya Hatakeyama  2003/08; Ohamaza-cho, La Ville de la chance, Hiroshi Oshima 1979; Statue of Osawabutsu, Ourani Sanou Koujin, Dewa Sanzan,…