> “If we are to love our neighbors, before doing anything else we must see our
neighbors. With our imagination as well as our eyes, that is to say like
artists, we must
Sengoku is not a place you would find in any usual Tokyo guidebook. The
nondescript metro stop is crammed with commuters passing through to Sugamo. But
take exit A2, turn right, and walk
As I enter the building, darkness hems me in. The concrete, triangular building
entraps me and allows only a sliver of light through its peaked top. I weave
through the downward-sloping tunnel, with
The way I understand it, it was hard to find artists in Germany after World War
II. Some had been killed, some had fled the country, and many, many German
artists had connected
I do just enough corporate travel each year to push me into that category of
fliers who are a bit more familiar with airports than they would really like to
be. But this