Baroque Potion

Sidney Hollis Radner, 1919-2011 – A personal remembrance

David Byron — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 15:06:29 +0000

This article first appeared in The Mandala Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 1 (July/August 2011), pp. 26-27. Magnificent Obsession It seems as if I’ve always known his name. No, not Houdini’s—Sid Radner’s. That Tony Curtis movie is what first sparked my … Continue reading →

Dogged determination

David Byron — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:42:41 +0000

I once heard Phil Leider say of Francisco Goya that he had only ever truly longed for two things: the career of Diego Velázquez and the love of the Duchess of Alba. Maybe that’s so. His last duchess Goya depicted … Continue reading →

Between a Rock and a Void Place

David Byron — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:00:12 +0000

In the northwest of Kyoto, in the Temple of the Dragon at Peace (Ryōan-ji), stands a garden where only the viewer grows. It is a rock garden— the greatest rock garden in the world. Since the late 1400s it has … Continue reading →