Author Archives: Richard Guzman
Mandala Making on the Web
In the 2014 excerpt from my journal “Climbing Bryan’s Mountain,” I commented on the Buddhist ritual of sand mandalas as a symbol of the beauty and impermanence of life. After days of patiently using colored sand to build the mandala’s elaborate … Continue reading
Stuff
The gift-giving season just having passed, most all of us now have more stuff, and we’re poised for acquiring even more: the biggest bargains of the year coming in the dead of winter as merchants try to clear out what … Continue reading
The Rhythm of Rage
I honestly don’t know what’s prompted me to write this comment on the shooting death of Stephon Clark. I have mentioned Trayvon Martin, Philando Castille, Eric Gardner, Michael Brown, etc. etc. in other writing, but only Martin was the subject … Continue reading →