Kumiko emerged in the Asuka era between about 600 and 700 C.E. and eschews nails in favor of perfectly cut pieces that notch ...

Leonard Cohen was able to find inspiration in a range of different places, even on silent retreats, where a collection of pictures inspired this ballad.

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