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Hollywood got through the first weekend of the new year in slightly better shape than studio insiders expected.
It took just $11.5 million to put Columbia's "Stuart Little" in first place, making it the weekend's only Top Five film to crack double digits. Lackluster tracking scores last week had suggested that the new year might kick off with none of the Top Five films doing better than single-digit grosses.
Columbia's PG-rated family comedy held on to the top spot in its fourth week, still laughing with an estimated $11.5 million (-28%) at 2,979 theaters (+79 theaters, $3,806 per theater). Its total is approximately $95.6 million. Directed by Rob Minkoff, "Stuart Little" stars Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki.
"It'll hit $100 million either Friday or Saturday of next week," Sony Pictures Releasing President Jeff Blake said Sunday morning. "With the holiday week, we won't do far from this figure for the four days. And there are no other kids' pictures coming in until Feb. 11 (Buena Vista/Disney's animated "The Tigger Movie").
"The hard part is getting them (family films) going. Once a picture like this starts rolling, it adds up pretty quick if everything goes well. We're thrilled. We're thinking (it will get to about) $130 million, at this point in time, somewhere in that range."
"Stuart Little" stands to turn into a franchise for Sony. "I know they're working hard at 'Stuart Little II.' And I think that's effort well spent," Blake said.
Paramount's R-rated drama "The Talented Mr. Ripley" moved up one notch to No. 2 in its third week of release with a respectable estimated $9.8 million (-21%) at 2,316 theaters (+7 theaters, $4,231 per theater). (Earlier estimates last week placed it at No. 5, then No. 2 and finally at No. 3.) Its total is approximately $54.6 million. Written and directed by Anthony Minghella ("The English Patient"), it stars Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Cate Blanchett.
"Ripley" appears to be a prime candidate for Oscar nominations, having received five Golden Globe nominations -- best picture/drama, best actor/drama (Damon), best supporting actor ( Law), best director (Minghella) and best score (Gabriel Yared).
"I think this one really depends on the (Oscar) nominations," Paramount Distribution President Wayne Lewellen said Sunday morning. "I've got it at $80-90 million. But if we get (Oscar nominations for) Best Picture, Director and, maybe, one of the actors and, of course, if we win something, it could get to $100 million (or more).
"With a picture like this, it can be very helpful."
Asked who the audience for "Ripley" is, Lewellen replied, "It's older females, primarily, but obviously they bring the men with them. It's more female than male.
"But it's playing pretty well across the board."
Warner Bros. and Castle Rock Entertainment's R-rated prison death row drama "The Green Mile" was a close third in its fifth week, up one notch with an estimated $9.7 million (-17%) at 2,678 theaters (-197 theaters; $3,622 per theater). Its total is approximately $91.3 million.
Written and directed by Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption", it stars Tom Hanks and Michael Clarke Duncan. Where will "Mile" get to in domestic theaters? "Probably $130 million," Warner Bros. Distribution President Dan Fellman said Sunday morning.
Warner Bros.' R-rated drama "Any Given Sunday" rose one peg to fourth place in its third week with an estimated $9.02 million (-23%) at 2,505 theaters (theater count unchanged, $3,599 per theater). Its total is approximately $59.5 million. Directed by Oliver Stone, it stars Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz.
Where is "Sunday" heading in domestic theaters?
"It just is going to depend on the next few weeks -- somewhere between $80-100 million," Warners' Fellman said.
Rounding out the Top Five was DreamWorks' PG-rated sci-fi fantasy comedy "Galaxy Quest," up one peg in its third week with a surprisingly strong estimated $8.3 million (-14%) at 2,450 theaters (+8 theaters; $3,388 per theater). Its total is approximately $38.8 million, heading for $60 million to $70 million in domestic theaters. Directed by Dean Parisot, it stars Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman.
Buena Vista/Disney and Pixar's animated blockbuster "Toy Story 2" finished sixth in its eighth week with a still jolly estimated $7.5 million (-39%) at 2,752 theaters (-350 theatres, $2,733 per theater). Its total is approximately $220.1 million, heading for a domestic theatrical total of $260 million to $270 million. Directed by John Lasseter, it features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Annie Potts, Wayne Knight, Laurie Metcalf, Estelle Harris and R. Lee Ermey.
"It is now the second-highest-grossing animated film in our history (after 'The Lion King')," Buena Vista Distribution President Chuck Viane said Sunday morning. "And it's the third-highest-grossing picture we ever released -- behind 'Lion King' and 'Sixth Sense.'"
Looking ahead, Viane said, "Based on this, we'll probably be at $228-$230 million by the time we come out of the Martin Luther King weekend. And then it'll just go and go until it's over."
New Line's R-rated drama "Magnolia" went wide in its fourth week, placing seventh with a promising estimated $6.57 million at 1,034 theaters (+1,025 theatres, $6,359 per theater). Its total is approximately $7.5 million.
"Magnolia's" per-theater average was the highest for any film playing in wide release. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, its ensemble cast is headed by Tom Cruise, William H. Macy, Jason Robards and Julianne Moore.
"Magnolia" received two Golden Globe nominations, including best supporting actor (Cruise) and original song ("Save Me," music and lyrics by Aimee Mann).
"We're happy," New Line Executive Vice President, Distribution, David Tuckerman said Sunday morning. "Some people are going to have us (estimated) lower. The difference is the last three weeks -- our second Sunday was bigger than the Saturday that weekend, and the Sunday the first weekend was 90% of the Saturday, and the Sunday the third weekend was over 90% of the Saturday.
"So everybody's figuring us at like sixtysome percent. Sunday should be almost what Saturday is (for this film)."
Like other three-hour films, "Magnolia" tends to do well on Sundays because people have the time available that day to see something that long.
"You have to make a commitment to see a three-hour movie," Tuckerman said.
Who is the audience for "Magnolia"?
"I sat last night and watched it in Santa Monica," Tuckerman said. "You're basically getting the mid-20s and above. Both (males and females). We didn't do exit polls the first three weeks because we figured we got (Anderson's) fans. We're doing them tonight, so we'll be smarter (Monday)."
Asked if people like the film, Tuckerman said, "They come out stunned. Half of them love it, and half of them hate it. And then they talk about it the next day. The ones that hated it talk about it -- and you can tell they've changed (their opinion)."
Will New Line go wider with the film?
"I think we're going to wait to see what next weekend brings," he said. "I have to tell you, every market that this picture opened in, there's huge pockets of strength. The 'white bread' towns didn't work as well. But within those markets (there is strength). Seattle didn't look good, then one of the best runs in the country came out of Seattle. It's really strange. In Canada, they love it."
Buena Vista/Touchstone's "Bicentennial Man" was eighth in its fourth week with a quiet estimated $5.2 million (-37%) at 2,612 theaters (-155 theate s, $1,992 per theater). Its total is approximately $47.1 million. Directed by Chris Columbus, it stars Robin Williams.
Buena Vista/Touchstone's R-rated youth-appeal comedy "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" was ninth in its fifth week with a less funny estimated $5 million (-13%) at 2,066 theaters (-96 theaters, $2,403 per theater). Its total is approximately $54 million. Directed by Mike Mitchell, it stars Rob Schneider.
"I have hesitated to say this, but I think now it's probably a $70 million picture," BV's Viane said. "The one picture we would like to emulate is 'Ace Ventura,' which did $72 million. The minute we hit $60 million (after Martin Luther King weekend), that's the number we'll be chasing."
Rounding out the Top 10 was Universal's PG-13-rated drama "Snow Falling On Cedars," which went wide in its third week with an unexciting estimated $4.01 million at 1,150 theaters (+1,147 theaters, $3,490 per theater). Its total is approximately $4.2 million. Directed by Scott Hicks ("Shine"), it stars Ethan Hawke, James Cromwell, Richard Jenkins, Youki Kudoh, James Rebhorn, Sam Shepard, Rick Yune and Max von Sydow.
Last weekend saw no new arrivals in wide or high-profile platform release.
Last weekend saw no national sneak previews.
On the expansion front, last weekend saw Miramax's PG-13-rated drama "The Cider House Rules" go wider in its fifth week, placing 13th with an OK ESTIMATED $3.28 million at 816 theaters (+484 theaters, $4,013 per theater). Its total is approximately $8.4 million. Directed by Lasse Hallstrom, it stars Tobey Maguire, Charlize Theron, Paul Rudd and Michael Caine.
"With the addition of 484 screens this weekend, we only dropped 14% on a per-screen basis," Miramax Senior Vice President, Marketing, David Kaminow said Sunday morning. "We were hoping for $3,000 a screen this weekend, and the fact that we did $4,000 is great. Even more encouraging are theaters that are in their third, fourth and fifth week, dwelling on this. It's taken a little time for the movie to get its legs, but (that's what we're seeing now)."
Kaminow pointed to a number of examples, including, "in New York, the Angelika, in its fifth week, is up 73%. In L.A., in Century City, we're up 136% in Week 5. The Sunset Five (in West Hollywood) is up 53% in Week 5. The Lido in Newport Beach is up 30% in Week 5. In Pasadena, the Playhouse is up 16% in Week 3.
"This is what's going on around the country. The movie's really taking hold and receiving great word of mouth."
Universal's R-rated drama "The Hurricane" expanded in its second week, placing 14th with an encouraging estimated $2.45 million at 159 theaters (+148 theaters, $15,405 per theater). Its total is approximately $3.1 million. Directed by Norman Jewison, it stars Denzel Washington as wrongly imprisoned boxing champion Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
"Hurricane," which is generating Oscar buzz, received three Golden Globe nominations -- best picture, best actor/drama (Washington) and best director (Jewison).
Columbia's R-rated drama "The End of the Affair" expanded in its sixth week, placing 18th with an unromantic estimated $0.65 million at 92 theaters (+34 theaters, $7,065 per theater). Its total is approximately $2.4 million. Directed by Neil Jordan, it stars Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore and Stephen Rea.
"We're intending to go wide to about 700 or so theaters on Jan. 21," Sony's Jeff Blake said Sunday. "We're certainly performing (as) one of the better limiteds consistently, so hopefully we'll be ready to go on Golden Globe weekend."
Key films -- those grossing more than $500,000 for the weekend - took in approximately $93.79 million last weekend, up approximately 11.04% from $84.46 million for the comparable weekend last year.
Last weekend's key film gross was down approximately 15.4% from the $108.31 million that key films took in during the prior weekend.
Last year, Buena Vista's third week of "A Civil Action" was first with $15.16 million at 1,802 theaters ($8,415 per theater); and Universal's third weekend of "Patch Adams" was second with $12.69 million at 2,770 theaters, $4,580 per theater). The top two films one year ago grossed $27.9 million. This year, the top two films grossed an estimated $21.3 million.
Based on business by key films, last weekend's top six distributors were the following:
Warner Bros. was first with two films ("The Green Mile" and "Any Given Sunday") grossing an estimated $18.72 million or 20% of the market.
Buena Vista (Touchstone and Disney) was second with three films ("Toy Story 2," "Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo" and "Bicentennial Man") grossing an estimated $17.7 million or 18.9% of the market.
Sony Pictures Entertainment (Columbia, TriStar) was third with two films ("Stuart Little" and "The End Of the Affair") grossing an estimated $12.15 million or 13% of the market.
Paramount was fourth with two films ("The Talented Mr. Ripley" and "Sleepy Hollow") grossing an estimated $10.95 million or 11.7% of the market.
Universal was fifth with four films ("Snow Falling On Cedars," "The Hurricane," "End Of Days" and "Man On the Moon") grossing an estimated $10.83 million or 11.5% of the market.
DreamWorks was sixth with one film ("Galaxy Quest") grossing an estimated $8.3 million or 8.8% of the market.
(11) "Anna and the King"/Fox: Theaters: 2,004 (-125) Gross: $3.55 million (-35%) Average per theater: $1,771 Total: $30.9 million
(12) "Man On the Moon"/Universal: Theaters: 2,065 (-14) Gross: $3.5 million (-35%) Average per theater: $1,695 Total: $30.4 million
(13) "The Cider House Rules"/Miramax: (see EXPANSIONS above)
(14) "Hurricane"/Universal: (see EXPANSIONS above)
(15) "The World Is Not Enough"/MGM: Theaters: 1,317 (-395) Gross: $1.76 million (-39%) Average per theater: $1,335 Total: $120.8 million
(16) "Sleepy Hollow"/Paramount: Theaters: 1,070 (-422) Gross: $1.15 million (-26%) Average per theater: $1,075 Total: $94.8 million
(17) "End of Days"/Universal: Theaters: 813 (-250) Gross: $0.87 million (-32%) Average per theater: $1,065 Total: $64.6 million
(18) "The End of the Affair"/Columbia: (see EXPANSIONS above)
(19) "Being John Malkovich"/USA Films: Theaters: 235 (-14) Gross: $0.47 million (-1%) Average per theater: $1,000 Total: $19 million
(20) "Mansfield Park"/Miramax: Theaters: 139 (-9) Gross: $0.37 million (-12%) Average per theater: $2,660 Total: $3.1 million
(21) "Liberty Heights"/Warner Bros.: Theaters: 109 (-6) Gross: $0.28 million (-34%) Average per theater: $2,570 Total: $2.7 million
(22) "The Bone Collector"/Universal: Theaters: 427 (0) Gross: $0.20 million (-45%) Average per theater: $460 Total: $64.1 million
(23) "Cradle Will Rock"/BV: Theaters: 38 (0) Gross: $0.17 million (-15%) Average per theater: $4,429 Total: $1.0 million
(24) "Girl, Interrupted"/Columbia: Theatres: 9 (0) Gross: $0.15 million (+21%) Average per theater: $16,206 Total: $0.7 million
(25) "Tumbleweeds"/Fine Line: Theaters: 156 (-151) Gross: $0.10 million (-59%) Average per theater: $640 Total: $1.2 million
(26) "The Best Man"/Universal: Theaters: 144 (-9) Gross: $0.087 million (-45%) Average per theater: $605 Total: $33.7 million
(27) "Angela's Ashes"/Paramount: Theatres: 6 (0) Gross: $0.060 million (-3%) Average per theater: $9,996 Total: $0.3 million
(28) "Titus"/Fox Searchlight: Theatres: 4 (+2) Gross: $0.040 million Average per theater: $10,003 Total: $0.2 million
(29) "Topsy-Turvy"/USA Films: Theaters: 1 (0) Gross: $0.036 million (+35%) Average per theater: $36,004 Total: $0.2 million
(30) "Play It To the Bone"/B V: Theaters: 1 (0) Gross: $0.004 million (-5%) Average per theater: $3,709 Total: $17,000


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The Minnesota Senate voted to legalize same-sex marriage on Monday.
"Today, love wins," state Sen. Tony Lourey, ,DFL-Kerrick, said after the Minnesota Senate voted 37-30 to legalize same-sex marriage.
A basic sense of respect for human relationships, as reflected in the quote, is reason enough for Minnesota to legalize same-sex marriage, as the House voted to do last week and as the Senate affirmed on Monday. (The governor's signature is expected Tueseday.)
Even so, there are practical benefits, too, including the state's ability to attract and retain talented workers. It also should be noted that this historic change, while not universally accepted, is being made the way changes to laws should be made: at the Capitol, by elected representatives of the people, following a lengthy, spirited and exhaustive debate.
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Another warm, sunny and dry day inland with a frontal boundary bringing clouds and spotty drizzle to the coast. This system will mainly be impacting areas north of us, but a few drops could be squeezed out through the day along the south coast. Besides that, weather today will be similar to yesterday with haze and smoke increasing in the afternoon for areas east of the fires.
Tomorrow a trough will push inland bringing a slight chance for afternoon thunderstorms to inland areas with the best chance at the higher elevations. There are a lot a limiting factors with this system so it is likely no storms will pop up, but I'm not confident enough to remove the threat of thunder completely. A beautiful weekend is shaping up for us with mostly sunny skies and seasonable temperatures, even 70s at the coast!
Weather models are coming into better agreement with next weeks cut-off low, but haven't nailed down the track of the system just yet. For now it looks like the best chance for thunderstorms in our area will be northern California Monday and Tuesday afternoons. We will continue to monitor this system and will have a better grasp heading into the weekend as to what we can expect next week in terms of thunderstorm coverage.
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Danielle's Reading Diary Archives - Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — From Me to Natsume
Today I review the latest volumes of two of my favorite on-going shojo series — Kimi Ni Todoke: From Me to You volume 4 and Natsume's Book of Friends volume 2.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Dorohedoro volume 1
In Dorohedoro, manga creator Q Hayashida takes a matter-of-fact approach to dismemberment, human experimentation and beheading by reptile jaws, resulting in a wickedly funny gross-out comic.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Kobato volume 1
CLAMP's latest series — Kobato coming out in May by Yen Press — might be mistaken for primarily younger readers, but by the end of the first volume there are some interesting hints at dark clouds on the horizon for the plucky heroine.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Otodama: Voice From the Dead volume 1
Youka Nitta's latest series to hit stateside is a supernatural mystery that defies easy classification. Because it is published in Wings it is technically considered "shojo," but besides the fact the male characters are a little too pretty, the story feels more like it straddles the shonen / seinen line.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Honey Hunt volume 4
Even though I make an attempt to review manga titles aimed at adult readers — or manga that I think has a lot of "crossover" appeal to U.S. comic book readers — in the blog, I also don't want to neglect my 5 year love affair with shojo. I open with this thought as I take a look at the most recent volume of Miki Aihara's latest work, Honey Hunt, along with other recent shojo releases throughout the week, since it is Aihara's Hot Gimmick that first sent me down this long, strange trip way back in March of 2005.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Spice & Wolf volume 1
I found the first volume of Yen Press' Spice & Wolf to be an odd mixture of mundane economic treatise and extremely explicit fan service and as a whole not quite as engaging as the anime of the same name (both the manga and anime appear to be adapted from a light novel series also published by Yen Press in the U.S.)
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Pluto volumes 4-8
There's no doubt that Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki's Pluto is a great comic but I think one of the things I admire most about the concluding volumes is the way they raise a number of questions but don't offer neat answers to them.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Bunny Drop volume 1
Don't be fooled by the cutesy title — Bunny Drop is a wonderful comic about how we finally learn to grow up in more ways than we ever could have imagined.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Ristorante Paradiso
This new one shot from Natsume Ono is a perfect little palette cleanser. Unlike her previous work, not simple (which I reviewed here), life in this work isn't one soul-crushing defeat after another as Ono takes a much more gentle and palatable approach to loss and love.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Higurashi: When They Cry vols. 5 & 6
The third rendition of this horror tale — known as the "Curse Killing Arc" — takes an unexpected left turn, departing from the supernatural emphasis of the first two arcs in order to explore the very human face of evil. This move is more than just effective storytelling — it also offers an entirely new experience of a story the reader only thinks they already know.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Biomega volume 1
Tsutomu Nihei's Biomega is a bleak, nihilistic vision of the future that is also surprisingly entertaining.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Bamboo Blade volumes 3 and 4
Bamboo Blade continues to feature observational teen humor, ridiculous hijinks, and sly self-referential winks at the readers. And oh yes, sometimes the characters even remember to play a little kendo.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Arata: The Legend volume 1
I found Arata: The Legend to be an entertaining fantasy tale that allowed creator Yuu Watase to thoughtfully defy the conventional wisdom that shojo and shonen are distinct categories of Japanese comics.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Vampire Hunter D volumes 1 and 2
The first two volumes of Vampire Hunter D mix elements of science-fiction dystopia, horror and Western, although the comic seems most successful when it emphasizes its traditional horror-roots.
Danielle Leigh's Reading Diary — Shonen Slam!
It has been a good while since I indulged in some shonen manga so today I take quick looks at Soul Eater volume 2 and Slam Dunk volume 8.


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For the past few weeks Humanist Chaplain at Harvard Greg Epstein and Humanist Activist James Croft have been working on a secret project, now ready to be revealed: the Good Without Godcast! Taking inspiration from the issues of the day and Humanist thinkers from the past, Greg and James address life's deepest questions from a nonreligious perspective. We confront confusion and struggle of the human condition with the hopeful, uplifting message that human beings can, working together, make this world a better place – all with a heavy dose of humor and fun.
UPDATE: Here's this week's April 21 episode.
UPDATE: Here's the latest episode, uploaded April 8, about millennials and their approach to religion, atheism, spirituality, and service: Good Without Godcast April 7 session_Mix
UPDATE: Here's the episode from March 11: GWOG Mar 10 session_Mix, with special guest Jonathan McDowell, a Harvard-Smithsonian Astrophysicist helping Greg and James review the new Cosmos premiere.
For your listening pleasure, then, here's the first "official" edition of the "Good Without Godcast" podcast, with hosts Greg Epstein and James Croft! Click here for the week of March 3.
We're so excited to bring you a weekly podcast, and we want to hear from you! We can't wait to hear your feedback, suggestions, questions, etc. What topics would you like us to discuss? What guests should we host? What else should we do? We're looking into uploading this to iTunes and similar, in coming weeks.
As an added bonus, here are two "practice" podcasts we recorded while working out the kinks!
For the practice podcast we recorded on Feb. 5, click here.
For the practice podcast we recorded on Feb. 11, click here.
*Special Note: In one of these podcasts I (James) use the word "thug" to describe the actions of homophobic gangs in Russia. I regret this: the word now has racial connotations I did not intend, and I am trying to excise the word from my vocabulary. My apologies for the use of this term. I hope listeners can treat with charity the inadvertent use of a term which has shifted in meaning during an emotional moment in our discussion.


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The Board contributes their knowledge and expertise from their fields. They have a range of financial and fundraising experience and capabilities. Our common goal is serving indigenous peoples throughout the world.
Barbara Savage, President, Founder, and Secretary
Over the past fifteen years, Barbara Savage has served as President and Founder of the Tribal Trust Foundation dedicating her time, energy, expertise, and resources to further its mission to help preserve the living arts of indigenous people. She has personally witnessed the struggle for survival of indigenous peoples throughout the world and identified the sustainable cultural preservation projects supported by the foundation. She has produced two documentary films for the Tribal Trust Foundation and most recently organized, Mbuti: Children of the Forest, a traveling photographic exhibition that brings honor and awareness to the indigenous net hunters of the Ituri Forest in the Congo.
As an educator, Barbara has been invited to share her experiences implementing the mission of the Tribal Trust Foundation with students of all ages, including the university level. She is currently an adjunct professor at Antioch University Santa Barbara. In her capacity as Buyer for the Santa Barbara Museum of Art Store, she has drawn upon her experience as a craft gallery owner and owner of a company that created and sold sacred jewelry, art, and artifacts to successfully introduce and foster a market for handmade Fair Trade products that support indigenous communities throughout the world. Barbara applied her MAOM studies at Antioch University SB to the museum store. Her business plan for the store facilitated the creation of an online store and transformed the museum store into a popular destination for unique affordable gifts and a profit center for the museum.
Jill Elisofon, Vice President
Jill Elisofon moved to West Palm Beach, Florida in 1996 after several years in Washington, D.C. where she was a fundraiser for the Museum of African Art, the Smithsonian Institution, and Conservation International. Elisofon continues her fundraising career as an independent consultant and started a second career as a jewelry designer. Her Georgia O'Keeffe inspired necklaces have been sold at the Norton Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, the Santa Barbara Museum, and The Phillips Collection. Jill serves on the Cultural Affairs Committee for the City of West Palm Beach and the Allocations Committee for the United Way of Palm Beach.
In 1972, Jill accompanied her father, Eliot Elisofon on his assignment for National Geographic to photograph Zaire. They stayed with the Mbutu pygmies in the Ituri Forest, who are the same people that the Tribal Trust is trying to help today, over thirty years later. For more information about the work of Eliot Elisofon, and to hear about how his work helped change the Western perception of African cultures, see this BBC video honoring his work.
Dawn A. Murray M.S., PH.D. Director of International Research
Dr. Dawn Alexandra Murray is a Core Faculty in the B.A. Program at Antioch University Santa Barbara. After graduating with her B.A. in Biology in 1994 from the University of California Santa Cruz, Dawn taught marine science at the Monterey Bay Aquarium for five years. She completed an M. S. in Marine Science in 1999 at the University of California Santa Cruz collaborating with researchers at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute examining deep-sea habitats of scyphomedusae jellies using remotely operated submersibles. Dawn received her Ph.D. in Ocean Sciences in 2005 from the University of California Santa Cruz. She examined the effects of climate change and shoreline erosion on intertidal plant and animal communities. Additionally, she created the Long-term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students (LiMPETS) for the National Marine Sanctuaries Program. She has numerous publications and international conference presentations on these topics and has been invited to consult as an intertidal ecologist, educator, and reviewer for many panels.
Dawn now teaches courses in the Environmental Studies Major Concentration at Antioch University Santa Barbara in Environmental Advocacy and Justice, Marine Biology, Global Environmental Studies, and Sustainable Business Practices, along with unique seminars each quarter covering hot topics – for example, plastic in the ocean, rainforest advocacy, seasonal migrators, and food production. Dawn lives in Santa Barbara, California with her two sons and many pets. She enjoys traveling, walking on the beach, paddle boarding, hiking, and nature adventures with her wildlife warriors.
Art Cisneros, Chumash Elder and Firekeeper
The Chumash People are the original native peoples of the central California Coast. Art holds the sacred space for their annual Tomol crossing to Limu on the Channel Islands. His spiritual name means "Earth Man with a Good Heart" and he truly embodies these virtues. Art also speaks throughout the US for the indigenous voice and for those who have no voice. He offers fire ceremonies at his home for the Santa Barbara community and also offers healing and cleansing ceremonies. LISTEN to Art speak on the importance of sacred places, or read about Art in the Santa Barbara Independent.
Robert M. Ornstein, Esq., Nonprofit Governance Guardians Nonprofit Attorney and Consultant
Bob Ornstein has many years of involvement with charitable foundations and nonprofit organizations as a philanthropic/financial consultant in New York, Los Angeles, and Santa Barbara. He has served or currently serves, as an active Board member of a large number of 501c(3) organizations including public interest law firms and has served as Counsel to, and as a member of the Executive/Management Committee of a large Southern California Foundation.
Bob Ornstein's expertise evolved from his experience as an attorney who specialized in matters involving finance (including financial and fiduciary issues relating to the administration/management and, governance practices of trusts and charitable foundations), the financial markets, and financial and corporate fraud. He practiced in Washington, D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, and the Santa Barbara/Ventura area.
Hudson Hornick, Content Marketer and Copywriter
Hudson Hornick has worked with several nonprofits in the past, including Little Episodes, and Potter's Clay. As a marketer, it is his goal to further the foundation's mission of preserving the valuable lessons and ways of life for indigenous peoples. He holds a Master of Arts from Kingston University, London and currently teaches three classes at the Santa Barbara City College's Center for Lifelong learning. He believes that through successful fundraising and awareness efforts we can empower the Tribal Trust Foundation to act to make a positive impact in not only the lives of the people we set out to serve, but also to enrich the lives of those who act to help these indigenous peoples. If you'd like to read more about Hudson, check out his marketing blog.
Anne-Marie Charest, Doctoral Student, Indigenous Community Organizer
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START-dependent transcription in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is regulated by two transcription factors SBF and MBF, whose activity is controlled by the binding of the repressor Whi5. Phosphorylation and removal of Whi5 by the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) Cln3-Cdc28 alleviates the Whi5-dependent repression on SBF and MBF, initiating entry into a new cell cycle. This Whi5-SBF/MBF transcriptional circuit is analogous to the regulatory pathway in mammalian cells that features the E2F family of G1 transcription factors and the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (Rb). Here we describe genetic and biochemical evidence for the involvement of another CDK, Pcl-Pho85, in regulating G1 transcription, via phosphorylation and inhibition of Whi5. We show that a strain deleted for both PHO85 and CLN3 has a slow growth phenotype, a G1 delay, and is severely compromised for SBF-dependent reporter gene expression, yet all of these defects are alleviated by deletion of WHI5. Our biochemical and genetic tests suggest Whi5 mediates repression in part through interaction with two histone deacetylases (HDACs), Hos3 and Rpd3. In a manner analogous to cyclin D/CDK4/6, which phosphorylates Rb in mammalian cells disrupting its association with HDACs, phosphorylation by the early G1 CDKs Cln3-Cdc28 and Pcl9-Pho85 inhibits association of Whi5 with the HDACs. Contributions from multiple CDKs may provide the precision and accuracy necessary to activate G1 transcription when both internal and external cues are optimal.
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Superannuation funds are increasingly aware that their members are highly vulnerable to downturns in the local sharemarket.
In addition to having a hefty 50 per cent of their portfolios allocated to shares, against a global average of 41 per cent, Australian funds have the second-highest exposure to domestic equities in relative terms, according to the latest global study by investment consultancy Towers Watson.
The study shows about 55 per cent of Australian super fund share portfolios are invested in local shares, against 75 per cent for US funds, but less than 40 per cent in the case of Canadian schemes.
The risk for Australian funds is that the local market accounts for just 2 per cent of global stock market capitalisation and is dominated by two sectors: banks and resources. Mining behemoths BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto alone account for more than 15 per cent of the S&P/ASX 200 Index. The 10 biggest companies make up 53 per cent of the blue-chip index.
This makes Australian fund members highly vulnerable to a slowdown in the Chinese and Indian economies or a sharp drop in credit growth or a spike in bad debts.
Nick Birrell, adjunct professor and founding director of the Monash Asia Pacific Centre for Science and Wealth Creation, argues that this is not the only crime to emerge from a home bias.
Birrell argues that by pumping so much money into local companies in an effort to maintain their weightings, Australian super funds are not allocating capital to those companies that are the most efficient and productive.
Australian super funds, he says, are a "natural and, to an extent, captive supplier of capital" to Australian listed companies.
"It is arguable that having such a captive supplier of capital is not conducive to management of listed companies working hard to improve capital productivity. They keep supporting companies irrespective of productivity," Birrell says.
The charge is clear: Australia's productivity woes are exacerbated by super funds' home bias, which is bad news for the economy and bad news for members because their returns are not being optimised.
"Having a captive supplier of equity capital is likely to lead to poor quality management failing to engage their workforce in a way that leads to improved productivity and competitiveness," says Birrell, who reckons that 10 per cent would be a more appropriate proportion for super funds to hold in Australian shares.
Arguably the problem is exacerbated by the prevalence of passive investing, a form of investing that involves replicating an index rather than hiring stock-pickers to buy the shares of the most attractive companies.
"With passive management, the manager does not need to think about whether a company's management is doing a good job," says Birrell, adding that the problem will be exacerbated from next year with the introduction of MySuper no-frills default schemes.
Birrell's is not an argument that washes well with Vanguard Investments, one of the biggest managers of index funds in Australia.
Robin Bowerman, head of market development at Vanguard, argues that only 15 per cent of the local sharemarket is owned by index investors, low by global standards.
While Bowerman accepts that one of the functions of a market is to provide a mechanism for price discovery, he argues that index funds have a separate and important role in giving individual investors cheap access to a well diversified portfolio.
The Australian market, he says, is "a long way" from the point where index investing is so large it will disrupt market functions.
In any case, Bowerman says, active fund managers often do little more than mirror an index, so they are doing little for the efficient allocation of capital.
HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham says Birrell's thesis is a stretch too far. "It sounds like quite a large theoretical leap," he says, arguing that the deterioration in Australia's productivity is more the result of a recent lack of labour and financial market reforms, as well as the resources boom. In the case of the latter, it will take a long time before large investments in new projects actually lead to production.
Super funds' home bias may well have crimped returns, but it does not follow that this is because capital is being allocated to inefficient Australian companies.
Citi chief economist Paul Brennan is also sceptical, pointing to a raft of factors impeding productivity such as political fatigue and a rise in living standards that has removed the incentive to make productivity gains.
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continued "We are very pleased that Empire Zero chose to begin its residential pilot in the Town of Bethlehem due to the level of interest shown by our residents," said Rain. "Now those households who don't have the time or space for backyard composting have a convenient curbside pickup option."
Holloway said he began his Castleton-based business with his father a year ago. His father has worked in the food waste management business at the national level, and after Holloway graduated from school, he asked his father about starting a business that was more local.
"I wanted to do something different and that made me feel good because I was helping not only my community, but the environment," he said.
They began composting locally last April through a partnership with Schenectady County Community College. They soon expanded their business to include other area schools and hospitals. They are now starting a new joint venture with Bountiful Bread in Albany so the restaurant can eventually become food waste free.
"We know the restaurant business is very fast paced, but we think it can be done with the right training and by taking a few extra steps," said Holloway. He is hoping other local restaurants will be willing to sign on in the future, along with the company expanding its residential services.
Holloway said he feels Bethlehem was the perfect place to launch the company's residential program because of the dense population and the town's environmentally friendly mentality.
Rain said Bethlehem has always been an innovative town when it comes to recycling, with one of the oldest recycling programs in the state. He said having curbside food waste pick up would allow residents to be ahead of the rest of the state when it comes to composting.
Rain said Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut have either banned or are setting up a timeline to ban food waste from landfills. The Department of Environmental Conservation is already looking into the matter and New York City is launching its own pilot programs, so Rain feels it's only a matter of time before the state implements a ban, as well.
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I just received my latest JOJG issue. Excellent as usual. There's an interesting article that lists the "Ten Most Respected Names in the World of Sukiya Living." Apparently the list was compiled using input from 51 different professionals in categories such as gardening and carpentry.
What do you think about that article? Who do you think has been left off the list?
I find it interesting that they could only come up with 51 people to poll. There were 160 or so participants at the Japanese Garden symposium in Seattle last year and I know there were more people who wanted to come who could not for one reason or another.
I'd rather just see profiles of Japanese Garden professionals as a continued series, rather than a one-time ranking of them. It's a bit too elitist for me. It certainly doesn't motivate me to want to get to know these individuals better.
Yes, I agree it's strange that the majority are North American. And ALL of them are men! I suppose it stems from the demographics of the people who were polled. By the way, I think 51 sounds like too many, not too few. I don't want to read another public opinion poll. I'd rather hear the opinions of just a few people who know what they're talking about.
As an attempt to turn a negative into a positive, who then would be the major influence on you. It is clear why women do not rate in features about a patriarchal society but they would have been one reason (Tale of Genji) to bother surely. The North American thing is one best not gone into here.
Who encouraged you to pursue the path once trodden by..., and here is another question.
Personally I was encouraged to pursue my interests by a team of Japanese gardeners from a relatively small landscape company in Otsu. If such a poll of experts were to be conducted in Japan then my friends from Tsujii Landscape Co probably would not make a 'top 1000' never mind a 'top 10'. However I know that their skills, knowledge and dedication would leave many of Mr Roth's team of 'experts' looking like nothing more than wannabe experts who in their conceited way think they have taken a 1000 odd year old art form to a higher plane than the culture which developed it.
Niwashisan, that sounds like a racist comment to me. Being Japanese does not make someone a genius. And being white does not mean that someone like David Slawson is a dope. But ethnics aside, I think you've misrepresented the article. The list includes several Japanese experts who are, without a doubt, at the very top of their field in Japan. Isao Yoshikawa is certainly not a "wannabe." Neither is Junji Kagata or Takanori Adachi. Do you even know who those people are?
Hmm, I read your post but it seems like you failed to read mine or just read into it what you wanted to.
In an earlier post I said the majoroity (meaning not all) were N American and in the last post I said that many (meaning not all) were wannabes. I did not say David Slawson is a dope (or anything else for that matter) and yes thank you I do know who Kagata and Adachi are. Which is once again why I said "the majority" and "many". Having been fortunate enough to visit the Adachi museum, under the guidance of Japanese garden experts, I feel that the gardens are a masterpiece as is so often suggested in the JOJG. Do you understand what constitutes a racist comment and how offensive it is to suggest someone is guilty of such ?
The original post asked "What do you think about this article". I have expressed my opinion so whats yours BahamaB ?
Don't sweat it Graham, Your words were, fine he's likley just a kid not realizing his inaproprete words, I've seen inflamatory remarks in several places from him latley, best to just let it pass. I'm afraid not having read the article I have no thoughts on it, other than I have no interst in its' results or meaning..
Thank you Gerald.
I do subscribe to JOJG and often find some of the content useful though the editorials and 'Viewpoint' sections are often distasteful. Unfortunately it seems to me that many readers (for Bahama's sake that means some but not all) think, as does the editor, that it is the definitive word on the Japanese garden.
I nearly choked reading one edition when a supposed readers question asked "What is the single best source of information on designing, building and maintaining Japanese gardens ?" Roth replied "Your reading it" And yet some of the readership still defend its content as in yesterdays posting?. Its beyond me.
I agree, the actual practical content is full of good information, it's when JOJG delves into the realm of opinion that it tends to offend some of its readership.
... then again, maybe it's a clever ploy on the part of the editors to get everyone talking about them.... okay, maybe that's pushing it a bit.
As for the article about the experts, I don't deny that perhaps those who were listed are, indeed, in the top of their field (I am not aware of a couple of the names). However, I think we would be better served to get to know as many of the people who work in/with Japanese Gardens as possible. For instance, I am constantly asked for references for Japanese garden designers in the Chicago/Illinois region. I have only ever seen one advertisement for one designer in this area, yet I'm sure there must be more. And I would LOVE a comprehensive list of designers. I know jgarden.com has a good list, but there are few listed for this immediate area.
...Just thinking out loud. It's early in the morning and the caffeine hasn't quite worked its way around to arranging my thoughts yet.
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as always your thoughts are appreciated. I would hope that yourself amongst others know me well enough to understand why I found the racial slur so offensive. I find the same problem amongst so called experts in this country so it certainly is not an anti- american or anyone else attitude. It is simply that the JOJG and the group of experts they have 'surrounded' themselves with happen to be in N America. Other than the constant and truly deserved credit that is given to Adachi they think that they are the "single best source of information on designing, building and maintaining Japanese gardens" To that I say garbage. I have dozens of publications on my bookshelf which would be far more worthy of this credit, most of which are not simply filled with 'opinion'.
I've been reading JOJG for several years and I feel it is head and shoulders above any other source of information on the subject, including this forum.
About the article: It appears to have been written to honor some outstanding professionals in the field. What's so bad about that? I think it's a fine gesture.
I had the chance to meet David Slawson a few years ago, and he is certainly not a wannabe. Neither is Len Brackett. Both speak Japanese and have dedicated their lives to the subject. Both have written books. To imply that they are "wannabes" just because they are white men who live in North America is out of line. I suppose white North American WOMEN are completely out of the question, huh?
Anyway, this is an open forum. A variety of opinions is healthy, I think. Usually I'm not so verbose, but since David's not here I'm willing to stand up and defend him.
Well, as a WHITE WOMAN working in the field of Japanese Garden maintenance and education, maybe I should be offended that I didn't get mentioned.... Of course, I'm not because I know I don't deserve to be on the list.
My point is that, in my few years of working in this field, I have met, spoken with, learned from many more people who are not mentioned on the JOJG list. People, I am sure, who deserve to be on any list of Japanese garden experts, whether ranked or not. I also am tired of hearing about rankings because they emphasize a competitiveness that I have never experienced when dealing with other professionals or other public gardens. Every time I've contacted someone for help with some problem I have experienced, they have gone out of their way to explain and give me advice.
Graham - I know you well enough to understand what your point was. You are the last person I would think was making a racist comment. I agree with you that there are many more people out there, working quietly, humbly, who possess much more experience and knowledge than I'll ever had and who deserve more recognition.
Maybe we shouldn't put emphasis on competition between Japanese Gardens or the professonals that build them. It's just not - well - Sukiya.
Now that said, the top ten most respected in Tokyo will be different than the top ten in Kyoto, and so on. So perhaps it is ok for JOJG to pronounce their top ten in the areas where they are experienced.
On the subject of the best source of information on Japanese Gardening; modesty is an appreciated characteristic of Japanese Gardeners. JOJG has an opportunity to become great. Maybe they could take on an attitude of growth and quest for knowledge, like most of those who subscribe.
Interesting points made by all. Inkognito's suggestion of the Top 10 in Tokyo differing from the Top 10 in Kyoto etc perhaps hits the nail on the head.
The poll was rating the "10 most respected names in the world of Sukiya living(?)" The fact that a small number of number of Japanese are included in the list, some of whom are resident and working in Japan must mean that the worldwide 'world' of Sukiya living(?) is being rated. If that is the case then the majority of the list being N American (and contributers to JOJG) is farcical unless the 'world of sukiya living' is merely something that was dreamed up by a westerner and actually has nothing to do with Japanese gardeners, designers and craftsmen worldwide (ie also in Japan). I am sure that if a US magazine ran a poll of best vineyards and winemakers then Californians would rate highly. If a French magazine did the same I do not think Californians would get a mention.
Bahama, I have also been reading JOJG for a number of years and if you really feel it is "head and shoulders above any other source of information on the subject" then I am afraid that just speaks volumes.
I agree with Bahama that JOJG is head and shoulders above the rest. I've got enough crappy books on the subject to open a bookstore. Throw all hundred of them together and you still don't get as much info as a one-year JOJG subcription. I also want to say that I actually LIKE JOJG's editorial policy and its opinion pieces. I find those articles to be refreshing and right on-target most of the time.
Anyone interested in top ten listings should read Nick Hornsby's 'High Fidelity' as it is first essential to state the criteria. The term 'Sukiya Living' was invented by the JOJG so of course they are in the best position to say who are the most respected believers. The top ten most respected names in Japanese Gardening as you define it may well be a different ten. The assumption that this is something that can be learned from books would likely produce another ten different from those who believe in personal transmission.
The fact that "JOJG itself said it started 400 years ago with Katsura Rikyu" speaks volumes about some of the content of the journal and how some readers take it as gospel. Some posters on this topic have said they have been reading it for years so they will know that the term was coined by JOJG.
JOJG obviously didn't invent sukiya living; they just gave it a recognizable name. And I'm very thankful that they did. Now I think about the subject, not as an independent outdoor space, but as an integrated living area. And by the way, what's so bad about pioneering a new term or a new idea? In my opinion, JOJG deserves praise (rather than criticism) for shedding light on the whole sukiya living concept.
Keep in mind that JOJG's fundamental goal is to bring japanese gardening and approach to living design space to grass roots Americans who would otherwise never have had the opportunity to be exposed to it.
It is not surprising that those who have read it and seen the light believe that they have discovered something new and want to spread it further.
Keith is a perfect example of this when he writes "Now I think about the subject, not as an independent outdoor space, but as an integrated living area".
I guess a byproduct of this is that "some readers take it as gospel" and will not be interested to advance beyond this level.
Keith further states "JOJG deserves praise (rather than criticism) for shedding light on the whole sukiya living concept." Even though nobody has critized JOJG he becomes quite defensive of his new found doctrine. I'm sure we're all appreciative of Doug for shedding this light. I guess he just needs to be more clear that it is a long burning light, not a newly lit one, and he'll hopefully learn over time to seperate his fact and opinion more clearly on his journey to becoming a proffessional editor
I guess the point being is, that engaging in true discussion of Sukiyaki Living with those who have only a minor exposure and are not yet ready to accept that they've only just licked the tip of the iceberg, and will be fearful of anything that threatenes their new found understanding and source, will not be possible until they've increased their understanding and experience in the field.
I do hope Keith can come to grips, think hard and try to talk about Edzards Question.
I usually try to start by telling people that the exterior wall/window/door is the centre of the room, not the edge. Not only bringing the outside in, but also bringing the inside out. Not because I'm smart and creating a new approach, but because I've been exposed deeply to the idea and have learned form history and others on the subject over the past thirty years.
How interesting that certain new posters have appeared whose opinions jibe so well with those of JOJG and whose knowledge of certain details happens to coincide perfectly with the knowledge of JOJG's editors. And whatever happened to our mysterious friend, Watanabe-san, who fit so well into that category himself?
Just wondering.....
Lee, It is rumoured that Watanabe-'sans' has moved to the UK after becoming wildly enamoured with a saucy British actress who speaks with a coquettish lisp and has a yen for Yen ... he's joined the Polo set and is taking copious notes on the 'elevenses' tradition..
But the upshot of this migratory merchandising, are the spawning of two new Journals which are causing a sensation in his own household!... 'Doric Living' & 'Corinthian Living' - both are set to knock sukiya mongering off the charts.. ;)
Lee, Jack, I'd find it hard to believe either of them would be Doug Roth as, although he's had some not nice things to say about Shunmyo Masuno I coulden't imagine him having said what these two have said about his work. See the past posts linked below.
Ms Watanabe (aka Doug) was a pretty funny-silly thing though. I guess some Japanese (and women) would have also found it hurtful though..
Here is a link that might be useful: past post
Ah yes, now I remember... it was a "Ms".
Though I can't speak for 'Japanese women' :) - I can't imagine anyone was hurt by anything "Ms Watanabe" would have said in that outrageous broken english and theatrical syntax, plucked right out of Gilbert & Sullivan's 'The Mikado' ... amused, perhaps.
I know I was initially - but then s/he made more and more ridiculous assertions and got very boring indeed. The trouble with acting as a shill, is one of plausability. S/he overdid it and blew her cover... it's anyone's guess who these new acolytes are, with their evangelical devotion.. spreading the gospel..
...but if they are above board...and if this mag stops them from creating some grotesquery of a Jpn Garden & then writing a book about it ... hooray for them, I say :)
If JOJG gets involved in this forum it will be a better forum. I hope it happens. By the way, in my original post about the peer rankings article I asked "Who do you think has been left off the list?" Even after all this time there hasn't been a single name put forth. So I'll suggest one: Robert Cheetham.
I can assure you that Robert would not be interested and would deny any knowledge of Japanese gardens, which he does often enough. His contribution via the Jgarden.org website is considerable, yet again, he did it specifically as a thesis project. He chooses not to design, tend, nor develop Japanese gardens, prefering other business pursuits.
Perhaps I misunderstand the definition of peer, if you would kindly explain 'peer', since to my way of thinking, Hanselman is hardly a contemporary or peer of Kurisu (and yes, I do know him) No disrespect to Hanselman, just apples and possibly crabapples?
if I may add your passage to this post regarding Sukiya Living,
"It forces me to think about the house and garden as one unit rather than two different things.", patjonking.
then, are people to understand that the two are the same thing? Japanese garden = Sukiya Living.
With the observation that the 'Japanese garden' name, as a phrase to the public, in writings etc., has always incorporated garden and living area as a fundamental tenet. (Doug, JoJG introduced a redundancy??)
still curious, and hoping that there is more for people on the Sukiya Living question.
- I could see many benefits if Doug did participate on the forum...
According to an article about him in the JOJG issue #30 (Nov/Dec. 2002) Mr. Cheetham had lost his interest in practising landscape architecture & had become more interested in information technology. Perhaps this is why the JOJG didn't include him?
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"then, are people to understand that the two are the same thing? Japanese garden = Sukiya Living"
My answer is a profound "no". Not this people. Apples and saba.
It is quite the western concept to put things in rankings and quantify as such, lots of good gardeners and designers out there, never really thought about how they rank...........
This exercise reminds me of the Zen story about showing up with a full cup of tea.....
Also,if you are gonna bandwagon, bring something stronger than "Robert Cheetham". Go pre Meiji or sumthin'.
Mr Roth is unlikely to participate in a resource he has criticized. He has warned against following advice offered on this forum - causing me to participate as often as I have time! So here is another chunk of my misinformed, novice opinion.
My impression of sukiya is a Japanese architecture celebrating simple living space, natural surfaces and colors, but in keeping with high quality and detail associated with the culture of tea (this last aspect owed to the tea masters who strived for personal perfection through the tea ceremony). As it addresses the interests of this forum, this style of architecture includes, defacto, the extended circle of living to the gardens adjoining and created for this architecture.
The term "sukiya living" may be an attempt to present the concept above. It insinuates something more than just sukiya architecture and associated gardens as "things". This much I agree with.
It was the sense of competition that first alerted me, indeed if the cup has some tea in it we can debate the quantity or we can drink the tea. Doug Roth, a fellow I don't know, has good intentions and we should salute this and if his intentions are to further the understanding of a complex subject we should cooperate and not compete against these intentions. Mr Roth does visit this forum we all know so there is no need for an undercover operation. My question is, in the spirit of learning. what is the problem?
Do we want to show that one view is correct or do we want to further an understanding of a way of gardening that answers to a question most are afraid to ask?
These are easy questions for anyone who has stepped outside.
Competition is anethema to how I feel about Japanese gardening.
I learned so much from a young Ricky who once posted here and he thought that he was learning from us. A top ten of experts who know stuff does a disservice to this interaction . A top ten of people open to other views than their own would make an interesting but short (not even ten) list.
It was the question that was wrong NOT who made the list.
As someone who recieved a signed threat from Mr. Roth that "non subscribing professionals will be lucky if we ignore them (rather than sabotage their careers).", I hardly find his manner to be supportive of, or furthering J-gardening as a whole (I retain said letter and will be happy to show it to anyone who cares to come look).
Rather I see his work as a blatant attempt to set himself up as the final authority and these kangaroo court polls of hand picked "authorities", largely based on who will parrot the company line are a fine example. If I want to regurgitate lies and harrass and threaten people I'll become a dues paying Republican!
AND as Lee implied, (smart girl, that Lee) PJK doth protest too much... (and should I be out of line there, Pat, you should know whom you are really supporting...)
Suprised Doug didn't put himself on the list (QUITE sure he's dissappointed he didn't get voted on...)
Herb ---
I've heard the same story from two other unrelated people. No provocation, just failure to subscribe to the magazine when prompted to do so. It's an unfortunate posture --- a general attitude of sharing and tolerance would go much farther toward boosting subscriptions.
Lee -
I'm sorry to hear that. It's just that I wondered if there were two sides to the story.
If Doug Roth is that much of a prima donna , it's to be expected that it would put some people off. It seems to be an unfortunate fact of life that prima donnas emerge, whatever the milieu.
Thanks to you (and Inky) for an excellent comment.
Here's another (in my opinion) of similar wisdom from Shinichiro Abe of Zen Associates, Inc. He said, after the Japanese garden at Amherst College had been completed -
"...you can interpret the garden any way you want. We don't need too much explanation, and it isn't for the designer to say."
This is a pitiful response considering the amount of support there has been for a collaboration, imagine a lecture given by edzard and illustrated by Herb wouldn't that be worth coming to this forum for. Yet Herb still needs to have the last word, as wise as this quotation is it is still aimed at edzard and this is pitiful.
A garden that "speaks to one's condition" (as the Quakers used to say) does not need to be justified, certainly a designer shouldn't make it obvious but there will be an explanation for those who want to hear it.
I'm always happy at how JOJG keeps misinformation and bogus experts out of their magazine. I wouldn't call it a kangaroo court at all. I'd call it sound editorial policy and quality control.
By the way, no one seemed to like my "Robert Cheetham" nomination, so here's another: Kazuo Mitsuhashi. He's an author and he seems to be sincerely interested in helping gaijin understand the subject better.
I, if not some others would still be waiting for an explanation of Sukiya Living.
--Shin Abe is quite corrrect. If designers/gardeners provided explanation for the gardens, then the freedom of impression (understanding) that a garden gives would be removed. The explanation could forever bias a garden into misrepresentations. (as at the Nitobe, what is a Shinto stroll garden anyway??)
Therefore a garden should not be explained.
On the other hand, if a garden can not be understood at some scale of similar community, then it still needs some work.
Isn't it true that taste and preference play a big role here? My favorite type of Japanese garden is one which does not provoke thought, but which induces a feeling of calm. I still do enjoy Japanese gardens which are representational or which illustrate a concept, although I'm much less likely to use that type of garden for relaxation --- because it makes me think and produces mental associations. Western-style flower gardens enliven, energize and promote exciting thoughts; the best Japanese gardens (in my opinion) help turn off the brain. Some Japanese gardens can work both ways --- they can be appreciated fully with no explanation, but do have underlying meaning, too.
But some people might prefer the excitement and intellectual stimulation of representational Japanese gardens. It's just a matter of personal preference.
Good points, Lee, and i agree with you up to a point. There are the gardens which are said to represent a tiger's sturggle or the path of being human, but i too prefer the gardens which remove analytical thought. But when creating this meditative type of garden, doesn't the designer still have an intent? The design then becomes an intent to inspire peace and tranquility of the mind, it becomes a lesson about silence or a story about release. It is a much more subtle intent to manifest, and i would assert it requires mastery of the mind as well as the garden.
Hi Christian ---
It's a fascinating and complex subject --- the intent of the designer and the experience of the observer. It seems so deeply affected by the culture (and individual personality/experience) of the designer and of the observer. I think we're inclined to design spaces which evoke similar responses in similarly-minded people.
An example that comes to mind is the discussion in The Modern Japanese Garden (p. 28) of "usuzumi" --- the pale gray wash frequently used on stucco walls in Japan. The writer says it "...is both instantly recognizable and has pleasant cultural connotations" [to a Japanese person]. It evokes the culture and nuance of ink painting. I remember seeing usuzumi during one of my first trips to Japan and thinking it looked dull and muddy, wondering why they didn't either make it a nice crisp white or some more definite color. Now I appreciate usuzumi, but only when I make the association with ink painting (something a Japanese person does automatically, I guess).
As a 17-year-old exchange student I can tell you I had absolutely no appreciation of wabi sabi --- it looked like pure crud to me. I'm sure part of that was due to my age and part to my upbringing as a typical WASP midwesterner. I also couldn't stand the fact that you couldn't roam around at will in the Japanese gardens --- I didn't get the point of a garden where you had to stick to the path (or not go in at all). Just an ignorant gaijin.
I think your right, the client's (or viewer's) culture has to be accounted for in order to make the garden relevant. I guess the question is to what degree, and should we therefore be incorporating objects and materials which we are intrinsically familiar with from our own cultures when creating Japanese gardens in our own countries? And if so, it makes me wonder what does the American, Canadian, or European culture have that equates to the tsukubai, the stone lantern, the bamboo fence, the teahouse? These elements, through many stages of refinement, have achieved an almost perfected balance of function and form, of nature and man, of earthly and spiritual. American culture, as an example, is so (relatively) young that there seems to be a very shallow pool do draw something from with a meaningful cultural significance. Perhaps i am just being creatively lazy, but it seems much more efficient to use icons from other much older cultures and explain their meanings to the uninformed (who ask) than it is to start from scratch finding our own icons where few seem to have any relevance.
At the same time, while the specific cultural cues give the details of the story and distinguish the garden from nature-at-large, it is the universal themes and relationships which are probably the most effective way to convey the essence of the garden's design/intent/idea/message/lesson/feeling/mood/fuzei to the 'average' client/viewer. These things often tend to be psychological responses and instincts cued by the senses.
Bird baths, garden sheds,barbeques,sundials, religious statues such as the virgen mary, just to name a few.
And yes you've hit the nail on the head. Its' quite too bad how so many people study Japanese Gardens and then try to copy them into their backyard or works, only to end up with could only be called kitch - there is no atmosphere or soothing feeling in the space as it's nothing more than a collection of things like the tsukubai, the stone lantern, the bamboo fence, the teahouse.
When, actually the best would be to study Japanese Gardens and then adapt things like the process, the inner feeling of space and aproach of building a garden.
Just think of a clothing designer or painter that studys in France for a few years, do they come home and copy what their theachers were doing - not likely.
Where did all that junk about Nitobe Memorial Garden come from anyway Edzard. Like you say. what is a Shinto stroll garden anyway??) There were hundreds of pages of pathitic interpretation of the garden by scolars.
The way I understand it, "sukiya living" refers to a combination of house and garden as one single thing. It's true that Japanese gardens have always been associated with houses, but in English the term "garden" implies only the outside half of that equation.
It's true that the expression 'sukiya living' has no equivalent in English, but for those who in England who could afford it, a similar principle was often applied - they built houses with gracious living rooms and ceiling-to-floor windows - 'French windows' - that opened onto gardens.


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