For those familiar with the martial art of aikido, there is a certain man, born in 1940, who had remarkable influence on many individuals, both positive and negative, and for many others, who had only peripheral contact with him, he assumes immense symbolic importance, far beyond many of his contemporaries. This was Chiba Kazuo. I … Continue reading A Critical Engagement With Piotr Masztalerz’s THE KINGDOM OF DUST