Heaven and Earth Are Flowers: Reflections on Ikebana and Buddhism

In This Lovely Meditation on Ikebana-the Japanese art of flower arranging-Joan Stamm shows us how her twin paths of Buddhist practice and artistic endeavor converge and indeed become thoroughly intertwined.

Joan's lush, elegant voice weaves childhood memories of her mother's joy at a just-bloomed morning glory with meditations on the symbolic importance of bamboo, of pine, of the lily. She takes us with her on her travels to Japan as she learns the essential principles of ikebana, and l…