In this episode of Alex Kerr’s Youtube Channel Secrets of Things, he introduces a Japanese sumikeshi-tsubo (“charcoal quenching jar”). This video takes place at his home “Chiiori” in the Iya Valley of Shikoku.
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Secrets of Things: Andon Floor Lamp
In this episode of Alex Kerr’s YouTube channel “Secrets of Things,” Kerr introduces the Japanese andon floor lamp, an item you’ll often come across in classic Japanese literature.
Secrets of Things: Ruyi Scepter
In this episode of Alex Kerr’s Youtube Channel Secrets of Things, he introduces a Ruyi (如意) scepter, the Chinese “wish-fulfilling” symbol of magical power. To see the first episode of Secrets of Things, see “Cinnabar Bowl.”
Alex Kerr’s new YouTube Channel: Secrets of Things
By Amy Chavez Alex Kerr once told me, in a previous interview, about his mentor David Kidd: “David was a genius of Asian aesthetics. He would put a group of snuff bottles or something on the table and say, ‘Now Alex, tell me what you see.’ Then we’d talk about it for hours and he’d More…