Field Notes
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Season Words in Haiku: What Happens When Haiku Goes Global?
Season words give haiku depth, but what happens when readers don’t share their cultural associations? Why I think they still have an important place.
THL#11 – Bottlebrush in bloom, A haiku moment, and Forest Bathing
Explore Japanese forest bathing, how I read one of Yosa Buson’s haiku, and Australian birds among flowering bottlebrushes.
THL#10 – A bird mystery, A haiku moment, and Write Out
Why are lorikeets and honeyeaters gathering in one tree? Explore a garden bird mystery, seasonal words in haiku, and outdoor writing with Write Out.
How the season word affects haiku and haibun – setting the emotional tone
How can a single season word shape the emotional atmosphere of a haiku? Explore kigo & seasonal associations through concrete examples.
THL#09 – Newcastle Coastal Geotrail, A haiku moment, and Merlin Sound ID
This Haiku Life #09: published 9 Sept, 2026. A newsletter about haiku, photography, another other noticing practices.
Wayfinding
Haibun about leaving Greenland, written using haiku by Yosa Buson
THL#08 – Tawny Frogmouths, A haiku moment, and “What else is there?”
I’m really enjoying being back in my hometown, and Spring has definitely started to arrive. It’s been crazy warm this week! Not sure what happened to Winter? There were very few days when I really felt the cold, and it’s certainly not how I remember it being. Whatever happened to freezing my fingers off at…
THL#07 – Kings Plain National Park, A haiku moment, and Nature Journalling
Sorry for disappearing for 5 months! I completely underestimated how involved and stressful it is to move from one side of the world to the other! Add in a few months of travel, getting settled in again back in Australia, and just how unbelievably fast time flies by these days and, well … I’m here…
Beyond the Talus: A ‘Stay Cool’ Collaboration
How a 2019 photograph of a Greenland glacier inspired a haiku and 20 musical compositions for the ‘Stay Cool’ ekphrastic exhibition in Australia.
In my Backyard Exhibition – Copenhagen Photo Festival
In 2021, I had my first photography exhibition – In my Backyard. It began as a personal project: an invitation to pay closer attention to my everyday surroundings and document the immediate neighbourhood of my new home in Greenland’s capital, Nuuk. However, as the work developed, I realised it had the potential to become something…
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