Wayfinding
The haiku contained within this haibun are all from Yosa Buson.
From: Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson. Translated by W. S. Merwin and Takako Lento.
Leaving Greenland. What do I do next?
Something that allows me to spend more time with my family.
Something that allows me to travel.
Something that involves me being in nature.
high and clear
the note of a bush warbler
against towering Mount Heiei
My creative practice! Let’s see where I can take it.
My foundation is solid – haiku and haibun published in journals and my first book written, photography exhibited and sold around the world, field recordings selected for compilations and exhibitions.
But how do I turn this into a career?
around the small houses here
the bush warbler flits
from one to another
Reading books about becoming an artist.
Researching photographers.
Deep-diving into haiku and Japanese aesthetics.
Inventing interesting ways to present haiku in an exhibition setting.
Making natural pigments from plants and soils.
Book binding.
Everything but doing the actual work.
Time to get started.
bush warbler
now ducking under thorns
now flying high over them
