Letter, Diaries

Essentially, Zen is the study of the self. The great Master Dogen said:“To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlighte …

“The chief difficulty experienced in the compilation of these “ Memorials of Christie’s ” has been, not the lack of material, but the wealth of it. To compress into two volumes the essence of many th …

According to Wikipedia: ‘John Addington Symonds (5 October 1840 – 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic… Meanwhile he was occupied with his major work, Renaissance in Italy, which ap …

Appealing to all ages, “Beautiful World” is the original book by Suzanna Giamusso.This beautiful coloring book features delicate and highly detailed pen-and-ink illustrations and they all waiting to …

John George Brown (1831 – 1913) was a British citizen and an American painter born in Durham, England on November 11, 1831. His parents apprenticed him to the career of glass worker at the age of fou …

Appealing to all ages, “Funny” is the original book by Suzanna Giamusso.This beautiful coloring book features delicate and highly detailed pen-and-ink illustrations and they all waiting to be brought …

Jasper Francis Cropsey (1823 – 1900) was an important American landscape artist of the Hudson River School. Cropsey was born on his father Jacob Rezeau Cropsey’s farm in Rossville on Staten Island, N …

Charles Willson Peale (1741 – 1827) was an American painter, soldier, scientist, inventor, politician and naturalist. He is best remembered for his portrait paintings of leading figures of the Americ …

Essentially, Zen is the study of the self. The great Master Dogen said:“To study the Buddha Way is to study the self, to study the self is to forget the self, and to forget the self is to be enlighte …

William Merritt Chase (1849 – 1916) was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become …