Today, I find myself thinking about the Ensō circle. The Ensō, translated roughly as a “circular form,” is a complex and ...

In this series, Lagniappe presents a different work each week from the collection of the New Orleans Museum of Art, with commentary from a curator. For centuries, Japanese Zen Buddhist masters have ...

In Zen Buddhism, there is a sacred concept called Enso. Enso simply means, drawing of a circle. It is drawn using only one brush-stroke as a meditative practice in letting go of the mind and allowing ...