A modern day Zen priest who strives to express his spiritual self through landscape
Shunmyo Masuno is not only a Zen priest, but also president and founder of Japan Landscape Consultants, an firm founded inb 1982 and known worldwide for their landscape designs.
When asked what the garden means, Shunmyo explains, the garden is a special spiritual place in which the mind dwells. The gardens he creates are the places which hold his expressions of mind.
Shunmyo refers to gardening as his spiritual training ground in his quest of a higher understanding of himself.Link: Shunmyo Masuno + Japan Landscape Consultants Ltd.
Article: International Herald Tribune - Zen and the art of landscaping
Via: Archinect
"As long as you keep the essence of a tradition," he says, "you can do whatever you want with contemporary styles."
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