What do bonsai trees and toilets share in particular? The answer couldn’t be as easy as night and day. While the bonsai tree needs delicate care and constant grooming, so does the natural excrement disposer. As the delicate leaves of…
In Japanese, [ただいま] (tadaima) means to say goodbye, usually referring to when one’s loved ones or guests are leaving one’s residence. Alternatively, [おかえりなさい] (okaerinasai) means welcome back to one’s residence. At the lovely coffee house of the Rabbit House, the…
Power. What is power? Is “power” an abstract idea created by humans to define and balance hierarchies? Kingdoms of the past and individuals vie for the right to hold land, stand their ground, and retain all that they hold dear…
Competition is healthy. It is in the nature of mankind to challenge one another and race to the top. As we do so, we come across other like-minded individuals, persons who always come close to us in skill who always…
In a distant universe, humanity has divided itself into two populations. One-half lives on Mars, an impoverished colonial war-torn wasteland whose people compete for scraps of resources. The other half presides on the rich Earth, harvesting materials from Mars as…