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...gems and elephants," and adds that "there are men of all colors, huge elephants and dragons, the Monoceros beast, the parrot bird, ebony wood, cinnamon, pepper and aromatic reed. It sends forth ivory, precious stones, beryls, adamant burning carbuncles, and pearls." But, he warns, there are also "mountains of gold impossible to approach because of dragons and gryphons and monsters of enormous...
Individually, junior Tim Hagamen lead the way for the men, winning the individual saber championship. In a gutsy performance, Hagamen fought through injury to win the gold medal bout...
...Drucker’s alchemical meta-composition of fragile lyrical fragments “which could never be songs.” Sidling into his fanciful form through a soundscape of Pole-like dub and fuzzed out guitar lines, he transubstantiates his snippets’ individual unsongness into lyrical gold. Dose sing-speaks couplets like “what’s left are fires beating off of faces” and “the bright red skeleton of a cynic” until the anthemic refrain of “no wet concrete for new song street?...
...muted orange wall facing the gallery’s entrance is a work by a contemporary Japanese artist, Monita Shiryu. It is a black lacquered panel covered by wispy yellow brushstrokes, shining with gold glitter. In another setting, this work would not seem to resemble calligraphy, but in this context the influence is clear. The panel, at once familiar and foreign, contemporary and historical, piques visitors’ interest and draws them into the show...
...walls are painted dark blue, the space feels intimate, the atmosphere subdued, and the scrolls are older and more traditional. Buddhist scrolls from as far back at the eighth century are framed by layers of intricate fabrics and papers. The calligraphy itself is written in bold black and gold ink, and the centuries-old paper on which it is written often has its own subtle decoration. There are also personal letters and poetry; some of the texts are written out phonetically, in order for visitors to sound out the original cadences, and some are translated into English...