SHINTO TIME

Shinto Maiden Marie Kondo She has inspired us with her approach to tidying often transcribed as Decluttering. She states very clearly My method is partly inspired by the Shinto religion. Cleaning and organising things properly can be a spiritual practice in Shintoism, which is concerned with the energy or divine spirit of things kami and … Read more

JOHN COLTRANE MUSIC THE ENIGMA

ASHLEY KAHN* QUOTE Certain aspects of Coltrane’s humble beginnings point to what he would become. Being born in 1926 in small-town North Carolina—specifically Hamlet, and later High Point—helps explain his predilection for the blues. His affinity for a distinct, gospel feel—meditative, prayer-like songs and the preacher-like tone in his saxophone—can be partially credited to being … Read more

Rex Lassalle