Haley Barker

4 weeks ago | tricycle.org | Haley Barker

Whatever goodness we’re capable of doing, we should do now, when we have the opportunity, because the opportunity won’t always be there.

4 weeks ago | tricycle.org | Haley Barker

Awareness embraces the feeling of excitement or sadness, but it does not get excited or sad. So it’s a matter of learning to trust in that awareness rather than just endlessly struggling with whatever feelings might be arising.

2 months ago | tricycle.org | Haley Barker

“An artist is not special,” according to Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (1926–2013). “An artist is an ordinary person who can take ordinary things and make them special.”Born in Norwalk, California, to Japanese immigrants, Ruth Asawa’s childhood revolved around the eighty-acre farm that the Asawas tended (on lease, due to discriminatory laws that barred them from owning land).

2 months ago | tricycle.org | Haley Barker

Reaching boldly over the metropolis of Rio de Janeiro, the impressive Christ the Redeemer statue has been an emblem of Brazil for nearly one hundred years. But in 2021, the Redeemer met its match in the Great Buddha of Ibiraçu. At 38 meters tall—the same height as the Redeemer—this massive monument is the largest Buddha image in the West and the second largest in the world. It resides at Mosteiro Zen Morro da Vargem, a Soto Zen monastery complex in the rolling hills of Ibiraçu, Espírito Santo.

Jan 10, 2025 | tricycle.org | Haley Barker

When Hurricane Helene changed course on September 27 and began heading toward western North Carolina, many residents of the mountainous area were unprepared for what was to come. After all, the region ranks “relatively low” on FEMA’s hurricane risk index and hasn’t been impacted by hurricane damage since Matthew, in 2016. But when news of the hurricane’s trajectory reached Karina Shevchenko of Asheville, she had an intuition that the storm was exceptional.