Today's main contributor is Pico Iyer, travel journalist and author.
Pico is a regular contributor to Granta, The Financial Times, and the New York Times amongst others, and has written many books on travel and the human soul, Video night In Kathmandu, The Art of Stillness, The Man Within My Head, and his biography of the Dalai Lama, The Open Road, to name but a few. His new book, The Half Known Life, once again offers a journey across the planet and into the depths of consciousness.
Giver of Ted talks and perennial outsider, he is most comfortable and at home in the cracks between other cultures.
Pico's book recommendation:
Shunryu Suzuki - Zen Mind: Beginner’s mind
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