Richard von Sturmer is one of New Zealand’s most versatile artists. He has written the lyrics to hit pop songs including Blam Blam Blam’s ‘There is No Depression in New Zealand’, acted in a famous feature film, made his own movies, published eight acclaimed books of poetry and prose, and lectured and written about Zen Buddhism. His collections of his writing include: A Network of Dissolving Threads (Auckland University Press, 1991), Suchness: Zen Poetry and Prose (HeadworX, 2005), and This Explains Everything (Atuanui Press, 2016).