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Becoming a Wood Prophet

A Wood Prophet believes in the power and majesty of the element of wood. The wisdom of symbiosis. The benefit of forming a personal, expressive voice through woodwinding. I turn 47 today. Sometimes, your solar return is the time for a new oath, this is one. I am entering into a role/persona, [...]

12+ years of Zen bamboo flute training and my shakuhachi Shihan ranking

By Cornelius|2013-11-12T20:21:22+00:00November 12th, 2013|Categories: Armchair Metaphysics, Respirational Arts|Tags: Michael Chikuzen Gould, shakuhachi, shihan, Taimu, Zen flute, Zen music|

Greetings fellows humans. It has been a long time since a blog post here. It has been an incredible year of cultivation and contemplation as I moved out to the woods in Marin County and have been making lots of Pu-Erh post-fermented dark, earthy tea and playing lots of shakuhachi and Taimu. Today it is also a [...]