Tag: Japanese art
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Cowardice
Up is down and left is rightRed is blue and black is whiteCowardice is braveryBullying is genius knaveryIgnorance is brillianceEducation is arroganceEvil is good, and shame is prideA billionaire’s megalomaniaA madman’s capriceInvertebrate sycophantsHistory repeatsThe fate of the worldSwinging on a tattered thread 1930’s wood block painting by Kawase Hasui
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Another Autumn Haiku
Setting sun Upon another year Momentous November Wood block painting by Kawase Hasui
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Moon Magic
Our maternal moonListening, reflectingSoftened brilliance of the gods “Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it” -Roald Dahl Paintings by Kawase Hasui
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Haiku Rain
Rain, rain, rain.What a glorious changeFrom desiccating drought Hunkered insideListening to the many soundsOf raindrops The birds outsideSplashing, bathing in puddlesThey, too, are reveling
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Winter Solstice
Born on the equinox Earth’s time of greatest flux Hastening, racing One solstice to the next Back and forth, back and forth Swinging, swaying, flailing We are trapped within this tensionOf infinite oppositesTimes passage, year upon yearThe one true constantDo the opposites coalesce and dissolve in death?Do we take the best parts of ourselves forwardAnd leave the ugliness behind?Or are we…
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Good and Evil, Nature Psyche #18
Who woulda thunk America coulda sunk To idiocy and hatred Divorce from facts An echo chamber of lies Corrosion of truth Unconscious darkness Projected onto others Unconfronted ignorance Will this evil fade softly As an awakening From a bad dream? Wood block painting by Kawase Hasui, 1933 Nascent flowers Tendrils of democracy Seeds that cannot…
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Night and Day. The Nature Psyche #16
Nocturnal stillness Reflected light of the gods Life’s strife can wait One perfect moment To remember,to inhabit For eternity Toils of the day The measuring and spending Of precious Time
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The Nature Psyche, Post #4, Two Haiku
Top: Deep space image from NASA Webb telescope, Bottom: wood block painting by Kawase Hasui
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