Haiga 359

Haiku by myself. Photo is supplied by crossfit.com

Haiga 358

Haiku by myself. The photo is a scene from oil spill accident in China. I think that a key in writing haiku from a photograph is to step aside a little from the original context of the photo. Remember, we are writing poetry, not political statements.

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Haiga 357

Haiku by myself. Photo is by @pikko of Honolulu. Pikko is a bento (lunch box) specialist. She repainted her kitchen wall recently. This is an ordinary snapshot. But I liked its subtle colors and simple geometric shapes, so I decided to add some haiku-like words.

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Illustration

I have not done much illustration recently, but finally I got around to making one. My interest now is to take up exercising people as a theme of artworks. This series will be called "Alive and Fit" Series. I could add haiku to the illustration, but I feel that it is independent, has enough message of its own, so I post it as is. If you readers can come up with haiku for it, you are welcome to submit it as comment. Hope everybody is alive and fit in this summer, which is becoming quite challenging here in Japan. It's hot, hot, hot.

Haiga 356

Haiku by myself. The photo is from www.crossfit.com/
People exercising is common contemporary scene, and because of that, I feel it is a good theme for fine arts like painting, sculpture, photography. Also it is a good source of photo-haiga.

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My haiga books are available here:
Haiga eBook "wind", "water", "light" and "Life"
Also available at Hamburge Haiku Verlag

Haiga 355

Haiku by myself. Photo by @hawaii Wonderful panorama photo, makes me feel I am there on the beach.

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My haiga books are available here:
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Haiga 354

Haiku by myself. Interesting phonomenon occurred in JP the other day: a rainbow-colored cloud. The photographer is unknown, but sure did a nice job. I retouched it to enhance the blue of the sky, though.

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Haiga eBook "wind", "water", "light" and "Life"
Also available at Hamburge Haiku Verlag

Haiku by myself. The photo is by Micheal J. Grist. There is related story in Micheal's blog: http://bit.ly/m4U1x

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My haiga books are available here:
Haiga eBook "wind", "water", "light" and "Life"
Also available at Hamburge Haiku Verlag

Haiga 353

Haiku by myself. The photo is by Joe McNally (http://portfolio.joemcnally.com/). I saw this photo on his blog (http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/ ).
Clear blue sky is often considered as refreshing and soothing. What I wrote in the haiku tells that it is not so all the time. I mean it is not always pleasant memories but rather sad ones that blue sky brings back to me.

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My haiga books are available here:
Haiga eBook "wind", "water", "light" and "Life"
Also available at Hamburge Haiku Verlag

Haiga 352

Haiku by myself. I came across this photo on the net. The photo is by Micheal J. Grist, he resides in Tokyo and is showing places of interest in Tokyo via his blog. He's been wondering what this house is, which has been abandoned from many years. There are some more photos from this strange house on his blog: http://www.michaeljohngrist.com

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My haiga books are available here:
Haiga eBook "wind", "water", "light" and "Life"
Also available at Hamburge Haiku Verlag