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    The Language of Flowers in the Time of COVID: Finding Solace in Zen, Nature and Ikebana
    The Language of Flowers in the Time of COVID: Finding Solace in Zen, Nature and Ikebana
    The Language of Flowers in the Time of COVID: Finding Solace in Zen, Nature and Ikebana
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    The Language of Flowers in the Time of COVID: Finding Solace in Zen, Nature and Ikebana

    By Joan D. Stamm

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    In 2020, as COVID-19 spread from Asia to North America, Zen Buddhist and ikebana practitioner Joan Stamm was forced to cancel her long-anticipated trip to Japan, where she had planned to research a flower temple pilgrimage and learn the deeper meaning of flowers known as “little Buddhas”. But with lockdowns and stay-at-home orders, Stamm, who lives on a mountain on an island in the Salish Sea, sequestered herself like a hermit and turned to her own flower garden for solace and meaning as the pandemic engulfed the world around her. The Language of Flowers in the Time of COVID tells the story of Stamm’s life and spiritual journey through these difficult times. Using traditional Japanese flowers as seasonal indicators, Stamm speaks the poetic language of flowers to explore ancient flower metaphor as it relates to the pandemic and the many manifestations of impermanence in one of the most tumultuous years in American history.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Hunt Publishing
    Release dateMay 26, 2023
    ISBN9781803411910
    The Language of Flowers in the Time of COVID: Finding Solace in Zen, Nature and Ikebana
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    Joan D. Stamm

    Joan D. Stamm received shihan, formal authorization to teach, from the Saga School of Ikebana headquartered in Kyoto, Japan. Her essays have appeared in Utne Reader, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, The Best Spiritual Writing series, Weber Journal and other publications. She currently lives on Orcas Island, WA.

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