My latest essay was supposed to be a brief piece on 3 gardens in Kyoto (Shōsei-en, Saihō-ji, and
Matsunoo Taisha). Being a historian, I couldn't resist going down a rabbit hole about the development of the "zen garden" as a concept in the 1930s. That's the way these things go. Link in the comments.
Zen, Time, and Three Gardens in Kyoto - varnelis.net

A discussion of how the concept of the Zen garden was created in the 1930s and an overview of three gardens in Kyoto, Shōsei-en, Matsunoo Taisha, and Saihō-ji.

Varnelis.net