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winter sunshine -
Grandpa Haiku smiles
at the Juniors
Some poets are discussing the future of Haiku outside the Japanese language and what naming should be used for short poems "in the Haiku Spirit" (whatever that may be).
Seems there is now more attention to the fact that for example "American Haiku" is a species of its own, so is "German Haiku" etc.
I come to differentiate between the traditional Japanese haiku and a few other types, same discussion as before.
Haiku is Japanese .
Aaa, Grandpa Haiku, watch out!
Here comes the Haiku Avantgarde
and tries to ride your oldfashioned car.
BUT
One wheel has to go, who needs 5-7-5, or S-L-S?
And that other wheel too, who needs a kigo?
And next the wheel called "kireji", the visible cut marker.
Now they sit in the one-wheel vehicle,
trying to ride into the New World Sunshine!
Making up "rules" as they go along ...
winter rain -
Granpa Haiku just smiles
at the Juniors
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CHECK THIS
Basic Conditions of Japanese Language Haiku
Inahata Teiko
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12/22/2008
if you meet the Buddha
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If you meet the Buddha
on the path to enlightenment,
kill him.
If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!
When I once (more than 30 years ago) tried to outsmart my Japanese Archery (Kyudo) teacher with Western Wit and this saying, he gave me the "Asiatic smile" and replied:
Be careful with Asian wisdom.
The first Buddha you are going to meet on the WAY
is yourself.
Are you ready to kill ?
If you meet the Buddha ... and DARUMA !
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If you meet the Buddha
on the path to enlightenment,
kill him.
If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him!
When I once (more than 30 years ago) tried to outsmart my Japanese Archery (Kyudo) teacher with Western Wit and this saying, he gave me the "Asiatic smile" and replied:
Be careful with Asian wisdom.
The first Buddha you are going to meet on the WAY
is yourself.
Are you ready to kill ?
If you meet the Buddha ... and DARUMA !
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12/21/2008
solstice shadows
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winter solstice -
the dark
growing darker
winter solstice -
dark shadows growing
darker
and a little later, with respect to some haiku friends of America
winter solstice -
a dark shadow grows
darker
HH December 2008
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I Ching
Nr. 24 Fu - Return (The Turning Point)
Wendezeit
24. Fu - Return (The Turning Point)
-- --
-- -- above K'un The Receptive, Earth
-- --
-- --
-- -- below Chên The Arousing, Thunder
-----
The Judgement
Return. Success.
Going out and coming in without error.
Friends come without blame.
To and fro goes the way.
On the seventh day comes return.
It furthers one to have somewhere to go.
The Image
Thunder within the earth:
The image of the Turning Point.
Thus the kings of antiquity closed the passes
At the time of solstice.
Merchants and strangers did not go about,
And the ruler
Did not travel through the provinces.
The winter solstice has always been celebrated in China as the resting time of the year--a custom that survives in the time of rest observed at the new year.
In winter the life energy, symbolized by thunder, the Arousing, is still underground. Movement is just at its beginning; therefore it must be strengthened by rest so that it will not be dissipated by being used prematurely. This principle, i.e., of allowing energy that is renewing itself to be reinforced by rest, applies to all similar situations. The return of health after illness, the return of understanding after an estrangement: everything must be treated tenderly and with care at the beginning, so that the return may lead to a flowering.
source : www.cfcl.com
The idea of a turning point arises from the fact that after the dark lines have pushed all of the light lines upward and out of the hexagram, another light line enters the hexagram from below. The time of darkness is past. The winter solstice brings the victory of light. This hexagram is linked with the eleventh month, the month of the solstice (December-January).
After a time of decay comes the turning point. The powerful light that has been banished returns. There is movement, but it is not brought about by force. The upper trigram K'un is characterized by devotion; thus the movement is natural, arising spontaneously. For this reason the transformation of the old becomes easy.
The old is discarded and the new is introduced. Both measures accord with the time; therefore no harm results.
Societies of people sharing the same views are formed. But since these groups come together in full public knowledge and are in harmony with the time, all selfish separatist tendencies are excluded, and no mistake is made.
The idea of RETURN is based on the course of nature. The movement is cyclic, and the course completes itself. Therefore it is not necessary to hasten anything artificially. Everything comes of itself at the appointed time. This is the meaning of heaven and earth.
All movements are accomplished in six stages, and the seventh brings return. Thus the winter solstice, with which the decline of the year begins, comes in the seventh month after the summer solstice; so too sunrise comes in the seventh double hour after sunset. Therefore seven is the number of the young light, and it arises when six, the number of the great darkness, is increased by one. In this way the state of rest gives place to movement.
THE LINES
Nine at the beginning means:
Return from a short distance.
No need for remorse.
Great good fortune.
Slight digressions from the good cannot be avoided, but one must turn back in time, before going too far. This is especially important in the development of character; every faintly evil thought must be put aside immediately, before it goes too far and takes root in the mind. Then there is no cause for remorse, and all goes well.
Six in the second place means:
Quiet return. Good fortune.
Return always calls for a decision and is an act of self-mastery. It is made easier if a man is in good company. If he can bring himself to put aside pride and follow the example of good men, good fortune results.
Six in the third place means:
Repeated return. Danger. No blame.
There are people of a certain inner instability who feel a constant urge to reverse themselves. There is danger in continually deserting the good because of uncontrolled desires, then turning back to it again because of a better resolution. However, since this does not lead to habituation in evil, a general inclination to overcome the defect is not wholly excluded/
Six in the fourth place means:
Walking in the midst of others,
One returns alone.
A man is in a society composed of inferior people, but is connected spiritually with a strong and good friend, and this makes him turn back alone. Although nothing is said of reward and punishment, this return is certainly favorable, for such a resolve to choose the good brings its own reward.
Six in the fifth place means:
Noblehearted return. No remorse.
When the time for return has come, a man should not take shelter in trivial excuses, but should look within and examine himself. And if he has done something wrong he should make a noblehearted resolve to confess his fault. No one will regret having taken this road.
Six at the top means:
Missing the return. Misfortune.
Misfortune from within and without.
If armies are set marching in this way,
One will in the end suffer a great defeat,
Disastrous for the ruler of the country.
For ten years
It will not be possible to attack again.
If a man misses the right time for return, he meets with misfortune. The misfortune has its inner cause in a wrong attitude toward the world. The misfortune coming upon him for without results from this wrong attitude.
What is pictured here is blind obstinacy and the judgment that is visited upon it.
source : www.akirarabelais.com
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American haiku poets questioning
the use of "simple statement kigo"
so my ansewer
are you happy
with your first line !?
this longest night
and D. replied
solstice night --
the longest line is
in the middle
HH December 2008
Wow, this one is so fresh, and something we can all relate to.
A few words that say a volume.
R.W.
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My shadows from yesterday
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winter solstice -
the dark
growing darker
winter solstice -
dark shadows growing
darker
and a little later, with respect to some haiku friends of America
winter solstice -
a dark shadow grows
darker
HH December 2008
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I Ching
Nr. 24 Fu - Return (The Turning Point)
Wendezeit
24. Fu - Return (The Turning Point)
-- --
-- -- above K'un The Receptive, Earth
-- --
-- --
-- -- below Chên The Arousing, Thunder
-----
The Judgement
Return. Success.
Going out and coming in without error.
Friends come without blame.
To and fro goes the way.
On the seventh day comes return.
It furthers one to have somewhere to go.
The Image
Thunder within the earth:
The image of the Turning Point.
Thus the kings of antiquity closed the passes
At the time of solstice.
Merchants and strangers did not go about,
And the ruler
Did not travel through the provinces.
The winter solstice has always been celebrated in China as the resting time of the year--a custom that survives in the time of rest observed at the new year.
In winter the life energy, symbolized by thunder, the Arousing, is still underground. Movement is just at its beginning; therefore it must be strengthened by rest so that it will not be dissipated by being used prematurely. This principle, i.e., of allowing energy that is renewing itself to be reinforced by rest, applies to all similar situations. The return of health after illness, the return of understanding after an estrangement: everything must be treated tenderly and with care at the beginning, so that the return may lead to a flowering.
source : www.cfcl.com
The idea of a turning point arises from the fact that after the dark lines have pushed all of the light lines upward and out of the hexagram, another light line enters the hexagram from below. The time of darkness is past. The winter solstice brings the victory of light. This hexagram is linked with the eleventh month, the month of the solstice (December-January).
After a time of decay comes the turning point. The powerful light that has been banished returns. There is movement, but it is not brought about by force. The upper trigram K'un is characterized by devotion; thus the movement is natural, arising spontaneously. For this reason the transformation of the old becomes easy.
The old is discarded and the new is introduced. Both measures accord with the time; therefore no harm results.
Societies of people sharing the same views are formed. But since these groups come together in full public knowledge and are in harmony with the time, all selfish separatist tendencies are excluded, and no mistake is made.
The idea of RETURN is based on the course of nature. The movement is cyclic, and the course completes itself. Therefore it is not necessary to hasten anything artificially. Everything comes of itself at the appointed time. This is the meaning of heaven and earth.
All movements are accomplished in six stages, and the seventh brings return. Thus the winter solstice, with which the decline of the year begins, comes in the seventh month after the summer solstice; so too sunrise comes in the seventh double hour after sunset. Therefore seven is the number of the young light, and it arises when six, the number of the great darkness, is increased by one. In this way the state of rest gives place to movement.
THE LINES
Nine at the beginning means:
Return from a short distance.
No need for remorse.
Great good fortune.
Slight digressions from the good cannot be avoided, but one must turn back in time, before going too far. This is especially important in the development of character; every faintly evil thought must be put aside immediately, before it goes too far and takes root in the mind. Then there is no cause for remorse, and all goes well.
Six in the second place means:
Quiet return. Good fortune.
Return always calls for a decision and is an act of self-mastery. It is made easier if a man is in good company. If he can bring himself to put aside pride and follow the example of good men, good fortune results.
Six in the third place means:
Repeated return. Danger. No blame.
There are people of a certain inner instability who feel a constant urge to reverse themselves. There is danger in continually deserting the good because of uncontrolled desires, then turning back to it again because of a better resolution. However, since this does not lead to habituation in evil, a general inclination to overcome the defect is not wholly excluded/
Six in the fourth place means:
Walking in the midst of others,
One returns alone.
A man is in a society composed of inferior people, but is connected spiritually with a strong and good friend, and this makes him turn back alone. Although nothing is said of reward and punishment, this return is certainly favorable, for such a resolve to choose the good brings its own reward.
Six in the fifth place means:
Noblehearted return. No remorse.
When the time for return has come, a man should not take shelter in trivial excuses, but should look within and examine himself. And if he has done something wrong he should make a noblehearted resolve to confess his fault. No one will regret having taken this road.
Six at the top means:
Missing the return. Misfortune.
Misfortune from within and without.
If armies are set marching in this way,
One will in the end suffer a great defeat,
Disastrous for the ruler of the country.
For ten years
It will not be possible to attack again.
If a man misses the right time for return, he meets with misfortune. The misfortune has its inner cause in a wrong attitude toward the world. The misfortune coming upon him for without results from this wrong attitude.
What is pictured here is blind obstinacy and the judgment that is visited upon it.
source : www.akirarabelais.com
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American haiku poets questioning
the use of "simple statement kigo"
so my ansewer
are you happy
with your first line !?
this longest night
and D. replied
solstice night --
the longest line is
in the middle
HH December 2008
Wow, this one is so fresh, and something we can all relate to.
A few words that say a volume.
R.W.
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12/18/2008
shadows
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winter sunshine -
the shadows on my Buddha
grow older
this was yesterday
winter sunshine -
the slow growth of a stone's
shadow
. . . swinter sunshine -
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I think most of you remember
my old stone Buddha sitting there in meditation
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Discussion
A shadow growing older strikes me as conceptual, rather than perceptual.
B.
As I watch my Buddha I get older
and the shadow shares my fate with me ...
I am one with the shadow
Gabi
shadows change over time, am to noon, shorter and shorter, noon to sunset, longer.
winter to summer ever shorter, summer to winter ever longer
both perceptual as well as conceptual
I.K.
I like your ku as it is now. As you mentioned, a lengthening shadow isn't necessarily a kigo. Heck, my shadow lengthens and shortens all times of the year... though I prefer the taller one! LOL I have three stone monks in my backyard garden.... and I went just now to check their shadows... you indeed have a shasei here and one that is distilled in a wonderful way!
M.
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winter sunshine -
the shadows on my Buddha
grow older
this was yesterday
winter sunshine -
the slow growth of a stone's
shadow
. . . swinter sunshine -
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I think most of you remember
my old stone Buddha sitting there in meditation
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Discussion
A shadow growing older strikes me as conceptual, rather than perceptual.
B.
As I watch my Buddha I get older
and the shadow shares my fate with me ...
I am one with the shadow
Gabi
shadows change over time, am to noon, shorter and shorter, noon to sunset, longer.
winter to summer ever shorter, summer to winter ever longer
both perceptual as well as conceptual
I.K.
I like your ku as it is now. As you mentioned, a lengthening shadow isn't necessarily a kigo. Heck, my shadow lengthens and shortens all times of the year... though I prefer the taller one! LOL I have three stone monks in my backyard garden.... and I went just now to check their shadows... you indeed have a shasei here and one that is distilled in a wonderful way!
M.
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12/17/2008
sea of light
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unkai 雲海 our sea of clouds
winter sunrise ...
the sea of clouds
turns sea of light
winter sunshine -
the crows wings turn
silver
winter sunshine -
the slow growth of a stone's
shadow
この石の陰の長さや冬ひさし
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I have seen quite a few spectacular winter mornings here,
but this one shines above all of them.
And a leisurely day today with more haiku ...
More SHADOWS the next day ... LOOK !
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unkai 雲海 our sea of clouds
winter sunrise ...
the sea of clouds
turns sea of light
winter sunshine -
the crows wings turn
silver
winter sunshine -
the slow growth of a stone's
shadow
この石の陰の長さや冬ひさし
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I have seen quite a few spectacular winter mornings here,
but this one shines above all of them.
And a leisurely day today with more haiku ...
More SHADOWS the next day ... LOOK !
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12/11/2008
Stollen
| memories ... the taste of STOLLEN on your lips  a christmas present from Germany ... |
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12/09/2008
December 8
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demons in distress ...
a bowl of steaming soup
brings good luck
Joodoo-E Ceremony 成道会 Daikodaki 大根焚
ＷASHOKU : cooking radish soup, Jodoe
5000 radishes are cooked and served in 10.000 portions for two days to the parishers to celebrate the death day of Buddha on December 8, when Shakyamuni Buddha reached the final nirvana.
A bowl of soup costs 1000 Yen.
It was a very cold morning this year in Kyoto and the steam curling out of these many little bowls rising in the air could well frighten away anyone with a bad conscience.
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demons in distress ...
a bowl of steaming soup
brings good luck
Joodoo-E Ceremony 成道会 Daikodaki 大根焚
ＷASHOKU : cooking radish soup, Jodoe
5000 radishes are cooked and served in 10.000 portions for two days to the parishers to celebrate the death day of Buddha on December 8, when Shakyamuni Buddha reached the final nirvana.
A bowl of soup costs 1000 Yen.
It was a very cold morning this year in Kyoto and the steam curling out of these many little bowls rising in the air could well frighten away anyone with a bad conscience.
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12/08/2008
ice and frost
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.............. only ice
in the birds basin ...
orange morning sky
just awoke again to minus six around
and all white with deep frost and ice ...
much too early for the season this year
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.............. only ice
in the birds basin ...
orange morning sky
just awoke again to minus six around
and all white with deep frost and ice ...
much too early for the season this year
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12/07/2008
Ainu food
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Ainu food -
I look for medical herbs
in my own woods
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WASHOKU : Ainu Food アイヌ料理 Ainu ryoori
my inspiration for the above haiku
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Ainu food -
I look for medical herbs
in my own woods
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WASHOKU : Ainu Food アイヌ料理 Ainu ryoori
my inspiration for the above haiku
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12/06/2008
samui cold
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samusa ni mo
hodo ga aru ya
juunigatsu
It was minus 6 centigrade this morning
and a daily high of .. well, just one degree centigrade
and one more day like this to come ...
very unusual for the season, to say the least ...
December 7 ...
the cold goes on
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samusa ni mo
hodo ga aru ya
juunigatsu
It was minus 6 centigrade this morning
and a daily high of .. well, just one degree centigrade
and one more day like this to come ...
very unusual for the season, to say the least ...
December 7 ...
the cold goes on
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12/01/2008
Moon Venus Jupiter
   whow and behold ! a special performance in the sky |
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Jupiter, Venus, Moon are coming closer -
The waxing crescent moon and blazing planet Jupiter
Throughout November, Venus will be climbing upward toward Jupiter,
MORE information
My neighbour called twon nights ago to ask if I had seen the aliens which where aiming their spotlights at our valley!
The two planets where shining so strongly in our absolutely dark night sky ... it was quite amazing.
Today it is a bit lighter when I took the photos, but if you look carefully you can see all the three of them.
December 02
Tonight, the moon is above the two stars!
Quite a change from last night!
The smiley face in the sky is gone already.
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11/28/2008
kitsune
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bright daylight -
a fox peeks into my
living room
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I had just settled for a cup of tea when I saw some ears outside. Both cats were in the kitchen sleeping, so who could it be? Most probably a stray cat to chase away.
When I opened the door-window, a small fox was standing outside, looking at me in wonder just as I looked at him. He did not even run away, but seemed to ask "Care to feed me something?"
After quite a while he turned away, walked leisurely over to the staircase and to the upper part of our garden. With a final look back and giving me a kind nod he disappeared in the underbrush.
WHOW ... I sure hope to see this visitor again !
We have seen foxes around in the late evening and hear them in the nearby woods.
FOX ... a kigo for all winter
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Fotos and Haiku from Tom Maretic, thanks TOM!!
a young urban fox --
there is already friendship
in our meetings
fox's voice
in the night ... inspires
a new story
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bright daylight -
a fox peeks into my
living room
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I had just settled for a cup of tea when I saw some ears outside. Both cats were in the kitchen sleeping, so who could it be? Most probably a stray cat to chase away.
When I opened the door-window, a small fox was standing outside, looking at me in wonder just as I looked at him. He did not even run away, but seemed to ask "Care to feed me something?"
After quite a while he turned away, walked leisurely over to the staircase and to the upper part of our garden. With a final look back and giving me a kind nod he disappeared in the underbrush.
WHOW ... I sure hope to see this visitor again !
We have seen foxes around in the late evening and hear them in the nearby woods.
FOX ... a kigo for all winter
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Fotos and Haiku from Tom Maretic, thanks TOM!!
a young urban fox --
there is already friendship
in our meetings
fox's voice
in the night ... inspires
a new story
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11/24/2008
dreaming room
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間 - 間 - 間
dreaming room ...
a new buzzword
for the old MA
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as I sit in my dining room
wondering about the dreaming room
he calls from the living room
I do not approve of this word and do not consider it a translation of MA, but never mind.
For me, haiku is about reality and what I experience in the moment, not in a dream.
The word reminds me of the Australian aborigines "dream time, dreamtime", but that is a different matter alltogether, I find.
and one who can not keep his MA in Japanese culture is a
manuke 間抜け "one without a ma feeling"
a fool, an idiot, a blockhead, someone stupid . . .
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Assimilation of the Ma Aesthetic Better Equips Western Poets
to Write Haiku
by Denis M. Garrison
Amongst traditional Japanese aesthetic considerations applicable to the art of haiku writing, ma is arguably preeminent for poets working in another language, for whom much of the treasury of haiku allusions is not available. It is, of course, axiomatic that the better a poet assimilates the full panoply of traditional haiku aesthetics, the better equipped he or she will become; but for non-Japanese poets, ma has special value, I think.
What is ma?
Literally, ma is the sense of time and space, incorporating between, space, room, interval, pause, time, timing, passing, distanced, etc. More particularly, ma may be taken as the timing of space, as in the duration between two musical notes. Silence is valued as well as sound. It is said that the ma aesthetic is influential upon all varieties of Japanese art.
I am not an expert on Japanese traditional aesthetics, in general, nor in ma, specifically. It is not my intent to dissect nor analyze ma in its native context.
Read it all HERE
© Denis M. Garrison / Simply Haiku Winter 2008
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the MA ...
could we be silent about
something else?
the MA ...
are we silent about
different things?
I just had a moment of silence with my cat HAIKU and he seemed to ... well ...
January 23, 2009
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shichi go choo and Kabuki 七五調
quote
"There is nothing like a ma!"
What is ma? Well, that's not so easy to explain but without it Kabuki wouldn't be half so interesting as it is. Imagine, for example, this speech that everybody knows -
"To be or not to be?"
(Dramatic pause)
"That is the question."
In Kabuki that pause would be called a ma, and ma are tension filled moments applicable to acting movements, dance, or speech. The internal psychology of a moment is expressed by the actor, who holds the attention of the audience in a pregnant pause that creates tension and emphasis.
Similar to the above example, ma may be expressed in speeches as the tension between the lines of shichi-go-chô - the division into lines of seven and five syllables used in much Japanese poetry. Look at the following example: in order to make things clear I have divided this haiku poem by the playwright and critic, Kawajiri Seitan (川尻清潭) into syllables -
Yo-za-ku-ra-ya (5) Evening cherry blossoms
Ma-ta Su-ke-ro-ku no (7) And once again
Ke-n-ka-za-ta (5) Sukeroku fights
Here one could imagine a dramatic ma pause after Mata Sukeroku no, before completing the poem. Similarly, when the thief Benten Kozō abandons his disguise as a young girl and reveals his name, (Benten musume meo no shiranami - "Benten the Male, Female Bandit") he dramatically lengthens the last syllable of Kozō before speaking the final part of his name - Kikunosuke. An actor with a poor sense of ma might well leave too short a pause and so any feeling of suspense before the completion would be lost.
Although Western poetry does not use shichi-go-chô (partly because Western languages do not have the consonant-vowel parings which make up the Japanese language), dramatic pausing between the lines can sometimes be equally important but perhaps less stylised than in Kabuki.
In movement, mie stop-motion poses demonstrate the most exciting examples of ma. Probably deriving from the fearsome iconography and facial expressions seen on some Buddhist statuary, mie are powerful poses by male characters that serve to emphasize moments of great import or tension. As the action stops, the character assumes a dramatic pose, revolves his head back and to one side and then, snapping the head into position, crosses one eye over the other and glares at his opponent. Mie are usually accompanied by two clear beats of the tsuke wooden blocks. It is the dramatic pause before the winding up and final snap of the head, between the first beat of the block and the second, which is an example of a ma of action.
Mie are unique to Kabuki and there is certainly nothing like them in Western theatre. Dramatic pauses are, therefore, more naturalistic and we find such pauses in Kabuki too. Let's look at the following fantastic example of ma which I will always remember. It was from Nakamura Utaemon VI's performance of Masaoka from Meiboku Sendai Hagi. Masaoka moves to the hanamichi in order to watch Sakae Gozen depart. Having just watched her son being murdered, Masaoka is desperate to run to his body. Watching her leave, Utaemon held the pose with extraordinary tension until, Sakae now gone, he collapsed in anguish. A master actor holding the audience in his hands!
Although we may not have a specific name for them, ma pauses are very important not only to Western theatre but in music too. My son, Misha, who is not a musician, was watching a very famous American conductor, conducting Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring," one of the greatest and most influential works of the twentieth century. The final section, the "Sacrificial Dance," is clearly divided into sections by very dramatic pauses. Every one of those fantastic pauses was cut far too short by the conductor, and all the drama was lost as the music flowed along to greatly reduced effect.
"That conductor is useless!" said Misha, and, judging by this example of very bad ma, I really had to agree. In Japan - particularly in the field of Kabuki - one would say his "ma ga warui" - his "ma is bad," meaning he has no sense of timing.
source : Ronald Cavaye - kabuki-bito.jp
. Sukeroku 助六 - Hero of Edo .
どーも 間が悪い ma ga warui
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間 - 間 - 間
dreaming room ...
a new buzzword
for the old MA
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as I sit in my dining room
wondering about the dreaming room
he calls from the living room
I do not approve of this word and do not consider it a translation of MA, but never mind.
For me, haiku is about reality and what I experience in the moment, not in a dream.
The word reminds me of the Australian aborigines "dream time, dreamtime", but that is a different matter alltogether, I find.
and one who can not keep his MA in Japanese culture is a
manuke 間抜け "one without a ma feeling"
a fool, an idiot, a blockhead, someone stupid . . .
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Assimilation of the Ma Aesthetic Better Equips Western Poets
to Write Haiku
by Denis M. Garrison
Amongst traditional Japanese aesthetic considerations applicable to the art of haiku writing, ma is arguably preeminent for poets working in another language, for whom much of the treasury of haiku allusions is not available. It is, of course, axiomatic that the better a poet assimilates the full panoply of traditional haiku aesthetics, the better equipped he or she will become; but for non-Japanese poets, ma has special value, I think.
What is ma?
Literally, ma is the sense of time and space, incorporating between, space, room, interval, pause, time, timing, passing, distanced, etc. More particularly, ma may be taken as the timing of space, as in the duration between two musical notes. Silence is valued as well as sound. It is said that the ma aesthetic is influential upon all varieties of Japanese art.
I am not an expert on Japanese traditional aesthetics, in general, nor in ma, specifically. It is not my intent to dissect nor analyze ma in its native context.
Read it all HERE
© Denis M. Garrison / Simply Haiku Winter 2008
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the MA ...
could we be silent about
something else?
the MA ...
are we silent about
different things?
I just had a moment of silence with my cat HAIKU and he seemed to ... well ...
January 23, 2009
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shichi go choo and Kabuki 七五調
quote
"There is nothing like a ma!"
What is ma? Well, that's not so easy to explain but without it Kabuki wouldn't be half so interesting as it is. Imagine, for example, this speech that everybody knows -
"To be or not to be?"
(Dramatic pause)
"That is the question."
In Kabuki that pause would be called a ma, and ma are tension filled moments applicable to acting movements, dance, or speech. The internal psychology of a moment is expressed by the actor, who holds the attention of the audience in a pregnant pause that creates tension and emphasis.
Similar to the above example, ma may be expressed in speeches as the tension between the lines of shichi-go-chô - the division into lines of seven and five syllables used in much Japanese poetry. Look at the following example: in order to make things clear I have divided this haiku poem by the playwright and critic, Kawajiri Seitan (川尻清潭) into syllables -
Yo-za-ku-ra-ya (5) Evening cherry blossoms
Ma-ta Su-ke-ro-ku no (7) And once again
Ke-n-ka-za-ta (5) Sukeroku fights
Here one could imagine a dramatic ma pause after Mata Sukeroku no, before completing the poem. Similarly, when the thief Benten Kozō abandons his disguise as a young girl and reveals his name, (Benten musume meo no shiranami - "Benten the Male, Female Bandit") he dramatically lengthens the last syllable of Kozō before speaking the final part of his name - Kikunosuke. An actor with a poor sense of ma might well leave too short a pause and so any feeling of suspense before the completion would be lost.
Although Western poetry does not use shichi-go-chô (partly because Western languages do not have the consonant-vowel parings which make up the Japanese language), dramatic pausing between the lines can sometimes be equally important but perhaps less stylised than in Kabuki.
In movement, mie stop-motion poses demonstrate the most exciting examples of ma. Probably deriving from the fearsome iconography and facial expressions seen on some Buddhist statuary, mie are powerful poses by male characters that serve to emphasize moments of great import or tension. As the action stops, the character assumes a dramatic pose, revolves his head back and to one side and then, snapping the head into position, crosses one eye over the other and glares at his opponent. Mie are usually accompanied by two clear beats of the tsuke wooden blocks. It is the dramatic pause before the winding up and final snap of the head, between the first beat of the block and the second, which is an example of a ma of action.
Mie are unique to Kabuki and there is certainly nothing like them in Western theatre. Dramatic pauses are, therefore, more naturalistic and we find such pauses in Kabuki too. Let's look at the following fantastic example of ma which I will always remember. It was from Nakamura Utaemon VI's performance of Masaoka from Meiboku Sendai Hagi. Masaoka moves to the hanamichi in order to watch Sakae Gozen depart. Having just watched her son being murdered, Masaoka is desperate to run to his body. Watching her leave, Utaemon held the pose with extraordinary tension until, Sakae now gone, he collapsed in anguish. A master actor holding the audience in his hands!
Although we may not have a specific name for them, ma pauses are very important not only to Western theatre but in music too. My son, Misha, who is not a musician, was watching a very famous American conductor, conducting Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring," one of the greatest and most influential works of the twentieth century. The final section, the "Sacrificial Dance," is clearly divided into sections by very dramatic pauses. Every one of those fantastic pauses was cut far too short by the conductor, and all the drama was lost as the music flowed along to greatly reduced effect.
"That conductor is useless!" said Misha, and, judging by this example of very bad ma, I really had to agree. In Japan - particularly in the field of Kabuki - one would say his "ma ga warui" - his "ma is bad," meaning he has no sense of timing.
source : Ronald Cavaye - kabuki-bito.jp
. Sukeroku 助六 - Hero of Edo .
どーも 間が悪い ma ga warui
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clouds
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after the rain -
clouds fight for space
in my narrow valley
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after the rain -
clouds fight for space
in my narrow valley
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11/20/2008
Hatsuyuki
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hatsuyuki ya 初雪や
first snow ...
two crow families fight
for a place in the sky
first snow
on red leaves ...
global warming
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A cold spell has gripped Japan, much too early for the season.
Daily high not above 5 degrees centigrade ...
and a cover of white on the red leaves and the yellow gingko !
And these crows are constantly "barking" in the sky, chasing each other, fighting for a space to stay in our valley
November 19, 2008
The cold spell continues, white morning again today, yesterday was a warm plus four centigrade ...
November 20, 2008
. WKD : first snow, hatsu yuki 初雪 .
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hatsuyuki ya 初雪や
first snow ...
two crow families fight
for a place in the sky
first snow
on red leaves ...
global warming
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A cold spell has gripped Japan, much too early for the season.
Daily high not above 5 degrees centigrade ...
and a cover of white on the red leaves and the yellow gingko !
And these crows are constantly "barking" in the sky, chasing each other, fighting for a space to stay in our valley
November 19, 2008
The cold spell continues, white morning again today, yesterday was a warm plus four centigrade ...
November 20, 2008
. WKD : first snow, hatsu yuki 初雪 .
. . . Read my Haiku Archives 2008
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