| Today's variation on haiku |
[Mar. 29th, 2008|10:05 am] |
finding more info
this in wikipedia
brings out the brushes
Basho and Haikai Matsuo Basho (1644-1694) was one of the most famous poets in Edo period.
He defined “haikai spirit” as following: first of all, haikai spirit implied the interaction of diverse languages and subcultures, particularly between the new popular culture and the poetic tradition, and the humor and interest resulting from the sociolinguistic incongruity or difference between the two. Second, haikai spirit meant taking pleasure in recontextualization: defamiliarization, dislocating habitual, conventionalized perceptions, and their refamiliarization, recasting established poetic topics into contemporary language and culture, the haikai spirit was also marked by a constant search for novelty and new perspectives. Finally, the haikai imagination implied the ability to interact in a playful, lively dialogue that produced communal art.
Today I'm working making some non-figurative haiga for the Austin Figurative Gallery Abstract Figures show.
And right here on Live Journal: http://sakuo3903.livejournal.com/ |
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| Hidden Haiga |
[Mar. 28th, 2008|11:36 pm] |
I feel related to Yosa Buson poet painter.
I was reading my haiku book and found reference to haiga.
Haiga is haiku painting. Hai refers to the poem or haiku and ga means painting. The form originated in seventeenth-century Japan and was used to decorate scrolls, albums, screens, and fans. You always find three elements in haiga: an ink-brush or watercolor painting, a poem or poems, and calligraphy. The form is characterized by a fresh and spontaneous rendering of ordinary, everyday life--very much in the haiku spirit--as well as by simple subjects, loose and fluid brushstrokes, and plenty of white space. It is usually very sketch-like with spare images expressed with just a few lines, little detail, and one or two colors for added visual interest.
OK I'm on it!
a poetic niche
contains my paintings and words
eye reside inside |
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| Issa 1763-1827 |
[Mar. 27th, 2008|02:15 pm] |
From the essential haiku page 162
Approaching my village:
Don't know about the people,
but all the scarecrows
are crooked.
off to sushi lunch with the book |
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| Mental space |
[Mar. 26th, 2008|02:31 pm] |
Final grades posted.
TEEX is manageable now.
Sunshine round the block. |
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| Well Cat |
[Mar. 14th, 2008|02:30 pm] |
Abe Linc is healthy
President d'all he surveys.
Summer heat, black fir. |
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| Austin Figurative Gallery drawings last night |
[Feb. 20th, 2008|05:02 pm] |
  
gestural model
life drawing dancer brushed with
gooey acrylics |
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| Haiku meetup in Second Life |
[Jan. 25th, 2008|11:02 pm] |
[19:21] You: welcome Wila-pink/ flutter serving elegance/ cool night cyberspaced
[19:21] DanteOsaka Deschanel grins
[19:21] Cyanide Seelowe: :D! Nice one, Honoria.
[19:21] Wila Shepherd smiles and blushes
[19:22] DanteOsaka Deschanel: good job, Honoria. :)
Wila came into the room in a lovely pink silk kimono. The evening was interesting with about 8 people who write haiku every friday night in Second Life. |
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| pedicure haiku string |
[Jan. 24th, 2008|09:41 am] |
A. suggested a tandem pedicure at our south austin salon...
my thoughts exactly
how do cold climate people
dry their fresh polish?
Time finalized:
Yes! I'll see you there:-)
Tension melts already. What
OPI pun color?
My chosen OPI color "An affair in Red Square" and A's toes are painted "Russian Navy"
Pedicure afterparty at the Alligator grill bar with the Spurs playing the Heat:
Spurs won by one point
in the game's last 9 seconds.
Love my red squared toes! |
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| Japanese Death Poems |
[Jan. 16th, 2008|04:43 pm] |
Haiku at death's door
samuri and monk's final
poetic surprise
Writing haiku lately has been comforting as family deaths bring sadness and reflections, so I decided to teach myself more about haiku. At the bookstore last night I found an amazing book about a practice I had no idea existed, the practice of writing a death poem as you die or shortly before. Japanese Death poems written by Zen monks and Haiku Poets on the verge of death, compiled by Yoel Hoffman, talks about poetic forms as well as the cultural attitudes toward both death and poetry over centuries. I can hardly put the book down with it's focus on creativity at end of life moments. It has hundreds of death poems with short descriptions about the author telling the story of the poet's death. |
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| hot hose |
[Jan. 15th, 2008|09:03 pm] |
Hot water draining
steam rising hose slithers down
heated snake white snow
Winterizing the townhouse on the mountain included draining the hot water heater. |
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| haiku from sketchbook |
[Jan. 15th, 2008|08:59 pm] |
1/3/08 in Asheville
Black ice with sand grit
what I'd give for some traction
at seventeen degrees
Waiting for limo
ride down the icy mountain
drained water heater
snow blazing morning
sparrow between the two doors
inside is warmer |
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| Pedicure |
[Dec. 20th, 2007|04:38 pm] |
Pauline's pedicure
ladies and magentlemen
opi memorial
In my family the memorial isn't over until the pedicure.
Today I went to the salon in Mom's honor. |
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| scotch and aperture |
[Dec. 6th, 2007|09:51 pm] |
 + =
an old country scotch
glenfiddich and new lumix
with a leica lens
2 B continued |
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| uncle Knut |
[Dec. 2nd, 2007|12:01 pm] |
photo by Gunter Graf
on the other side
of world Knut's uncleismo
is captured sharply
The Grafs are great family documenters! |
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| toes and vows |
[Nov. 24th, 2007|10:59 am] |
fresh coat of opi
for Rich and John's wedding day
toenails ready |
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| Muletrain Moments |
[Nov. 17th, 2007|06:43 am] |
Sad funeral tasks
eased by mountain walks, leaves fall
pastel over paint |
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| mountain air |
[Nov. 9th, 2007|08:59 am] |
tai chi on the deck
construction site machines' fumes
quiet, fall fresh air
Off to the hospital.
Finding out lots of stuff about nursing homes.
Much Mom research and phone calling.
Today should have more answers to add to the pile. |
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| Interesting Grays |
[Nov. 3rd, 2007|10:16 am] |
sunshine laguna
gloria mosaic bench
interesting grays
It's such a peaceful place. Haiku, tai chi and watercolor as the turtles plopped down and poked up in the water's shiny surface. |
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| Haiku for our new business |
[Oct. 9th, 2007|04:01 pm] |
At the Social Web Associates meeting today we wrote a haiku that I illustrated with my Sennelier travel watercolors and Bill posted them on our new blog. Come visit our new website starting with today's blog at: http://socialwebassociates.com/?page_id=21 |
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| sun on the porch plants |
[Sep. 19th, 2007|11:14 am] |
a quiet morning
the cherry tomatoes grow
green to ripe - hot porch
Asheville, North Carolina |
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