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wordancer Senior Member
since 2000-07-30
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The form of poem-painting called haiga has been a medium of visual expression almost since the emergence of haiku poetry. There is no direct evidence of haiga's first occurrence, but since a great number of haiku represent visual images, and also considering that poems and images in Japan were created with the same brush and ink, it must have been a natural step to add paintings to haiku. Yet, they are two very distinct forms of expression, with different capabilities and potentials, leading to a number of interesting questions. …. From an essay by Stephen Addiss, to read more and to explore a lovely site click on this link: http://members.aol.com/HAIGA/HAIGAOnline.index.html "Come...dance with me, into my world of words." |
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