Japanese Zen Gardens for Peace – in Memory of Martin McKellar

Sudden News of a Friend’s Death is Never Easy Martin and I out front of the Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville, Florida in June 2021. My heart was shattered late January when I received a message from my friend Martin McKellar that he was saying goodbye— in December he had been diagnosed with stage …

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Bell of Peace, Adam and Eve – Atom and Sri – the Atom and the Sri Yantra

The Sri Yantra is visible within the atom engraving on the Bell of Peace at the Hiroshima Memorial, Japan.

Two Atomic Bombs and I – The 75th Anniversary of Hiroshima

I grew up under the shadow of World War II because my father was a child survivor of a Japanese concentration camp and my mother was pro-atomic bomb. Living in Japan helped me realize what really happened and make up my own mind about the atomic bombings.

Mukaishima POW Camp Memorial, Hiroshima – with Haiku and Photos

An American poet visits the Mukaishima POW Memorial in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture Japan and meets with Japanese citizens committed to education and peace.

Love Thy Enemy: Meeting Atomic Bomb Survivors in Nagasaki and Hiroshima

With 88-year-old Hibakusha Mr. Inousuke Hayasaki in the Nagasaki Peace Park. I imagine my mother turning over in her grave at the thought of me socializing with Hibakushas, atomic bomb survivors, while living in Japan. They were after all, the mortal enemy in her mind, they killed my Dutch grandfather and imprisoned my father during …

自然 Nature & the Sacred 木 Tree: Trees that Survived the Atomic Bombing at Hiroshima

Photograph of Kurogane holly trees that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima during World War II, with commentary by Alan Watts about our relationship to nature.

World Peace Kamishibai Day December 7

The First World Kamishibai Day for world peace is December 7. Raise your voice for world peace! It is urgently needed! Share stories for peace. Peace, for the children!