writing & editing
In 2013, a book with my drawings from a 2010 to a remote, Himalayan region was published.
I have had the great pleasure since 2007 to write and edit Buddhist Art News, a website with news on Buddhist art, architecture, film, music, dance, and academia, which I co-founded.
I've reviewed books, films, and exhibitions on the subject:
- "A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism, by William E. Deal & Brian Ruppert " - BOOK REVIEW, July 29, 2016, Buddhist Art News [link]
- "Image Problems: The Origin and Development of the Buddha’s Image in Early South Asia, by Robert deCaroli - BOOK REVIEW, June 16, 2016, Buddhist Art News [link]
- "Kamakura: Realism and Spirituality in the Sculpture of Japan" - BOOK REVIEW, May 6, 2016, Buddhist Art News [link]
- “A Shrine for Tibet, Alice Kandell, and the World: Carlos Museum’s “Doorway to an Enlightened World” - EXHIBITION PREVIEW, Mar 21, 2016, ArtsAtl [link, PDF]
- "Golden Visions of Densatil" - BOOK REVIEW, May 28, 2014, Buddhist Art News [link]
- "Silla: Korea's Golden Kingdom" - BOOK REVIEW, Sep 28, 2013, Buddhist Art News [link]
- “Emory’s Carlos Museum finds its center with ‘Mandala: Sacred Circle in Tibetan Buddhism’” EXHIBITION REVIEW, Mar 14, 2012, Creative Loafing [link, PDF]
- “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives” FILM REVIEW, Apr 2011, The Journal of Religion and Film [link, PDF]
- “Figures in a global culture: Modern Indian art at Oglethorpe University,” EXHIBITION REVIEW, Apr 2011, burnaway.org [link, PDF]
- “Faith and Power in Japanese Buddhist Art: 1600-2005” BOOK REVIEW, Oct 2010, Buddhist Art News [link, PDF]
- “The Art of Buddhism: an Introduction to its History and Meaning” BOOK REVIEW, Oct 2010 Buddhist Art News [link, PDF]
- “Contemporary Tibetan Art: From the Collection of Shelley & Donald Rubin” EXHIBITION REVIEW, Feb 2009, Buddhist Art News [link, PDF]
- “A Shower of Jewels: Deities of Wealth at Oglethorpe University” EXHIBITION REVIEW, Nov 2008, Buddhist Art News [link, PDF]
- “Lord of Compassion: Images of Avalokiteshvara from the Rubin Museum of Art” EXHIBITION REVIEW, May 2008, Buddhist Art News [link, PDF]
I also write on contemporary art and music:
- "Review: Walter Iooss captures the beauty and struggle of the sporting life" ArtsAtl, Nov 27, 2017 [link]
- "Review: gloatl brings thoughtful provoking movement to Arsham’s object-centered world" ArtsAtl, May 4, 2017 [link]
- "Preview: Hans-Joachim Roedelius, the human artist," ArtsAtl, March 27, 2017 [link]
- "“Sound Worlds: the Sonification of the Japanese Garden” sacrificed structure for chance," ArtsAtl, Jan 18, 2017,[link]
- "Review: The Appearance of Modern Tibetans, Gonkar Gyatso’s “Family Album”," ArtsAtl, Oct 20, 2016 [link]
- "Revolutionary Archivists’ “Still Raising Hell” at the Robert W. Woodruff Library," ArtsAtl, September 12, 2016 [link]
- "After decades, Kraftwerk remains more Mensch than Maschine," ArtsAtl, September 9, 2016 [link]
- "Masud Olufani’s “Poetics of the Disembodied” blurs the line between mediated and unmediated," ArtsAtl, August 26, 2016 [link]
- "Ashley Anderson’s The 101 Views of Mt. Fuji at Eyedrum Art + Music Gallery," Apr 28, 2016, artsatl.com [link]
- “Part awkward blind date, part falling-in-love music making," artscriticatl.com, Aug 24, 2011, ArtsAtl.com [link, PDF]
- "Maurice Clifford’s paintings challenge conventions of reality and illusion in “Beyond Words”", May 2011, ArtsAtl.com [link, PDF]
- "From Beijing to Atlanta at Whitespace Gallery," March 19, 2010, Burnaway [link]
And, I write with Free Poems on Demand.