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

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

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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.

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