# Lisa Germany


## Posts

- [Season Words in Haiku: What Happens When Haiku Goes Global?](https://lisagermany.art/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](https://lisagermany.art/thl11-bottlebrushes-haiku-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](https://lisagermany.art/thl10-bird-mystery-haiku-moment-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](https://lisagermany.art/season-word-haiku-haibun-emotion/): 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](https://lisagermany.art/thl09-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](https://lisagermany.art/haibun-wayfinding/): Haibun about leaving Greenland, written using haiku by Yosa Buson
- [THL#08 - Tawny Frogmouths, A haiku moment, and “What else is there?”](https://lisagermany.art/thl08-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!
- [THL#07 - Kings Plain National Park, A haiku moment, and Nature Journalling](https://lisagermany.art/thl07-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!
- [Beyond the Talus: A 'Stay Cool' Collaboration](https://lisagermany.art/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](https://lisagermany.art/in-my-backyard-exhibition-copenhagen-photo-festival/): In 2021, I had my first photography exhibition - In my Backyard.
- [Exhibition - Mahjong Connections](https://lisagermany.art/exhibition-mahjong-connections/): When I moved to Sisimiut back in 2021, one of the first people I met was Judith - one of the few other expats in town and a keen Mahjong player.
- [THL#06 - Dogsledding, Phenology, haiku moment + awareness prompt](https://lisagermany.art/thl6-dogsledding-phenology-haiku-moment-awareness-prompt/): Sorry for missing a week last week.
- [THL#05 - Raven calls, RBNXPLRNG, haiku moment + awareness prompt](https://lisagermany.art/thl05-raven-calls-rbnxplrng-haiku-moment-awareness-prompt/): Wasn’t sure I’d make it!
- [THL #04 – Birds, haiku, and an awareness prompt](https://lisagermany.art/thl-04-birds-haiku-and-an-awareness-prompt/): This week I started getting rid of non-essential stuff from my apartment.
- [THL #03 - Tiny find results, haiku, RBNXPLRNG, and an awareness prompt](https://lisagermany.art/this-haiku-life-03/): This Haiku Life #03: published 11 Feb, 2026. A newsletter about haiku, photography, another other noticing practices.
- [Haiku workshop - The Art of Noticing](https://lisagermany.art/haiku-workshop-the-art-of-noticing/): Join me for another online haiku workshop exclusively for paid subscribers of Rob Walker's The Art of Noticing community.
- [THL #02 - Colour walk results, haiku, the Dérive App, and an awareness prompt](https://lisagermany.art/this-haiku-life-02/): There have been a few overnight dustings, but nothing significant, and footing is still precarious as we navigate icy streets.
- [THL #01 - Revisiting locations, haiku, the Art of Noticing, and an awareness prompt](https://lisagermany.art/this-haiku-life-01/): The topsy-turvy weather continues here in Greenland. For the past 2 days, we’ve had positive temperatures when it should be consistently around -17C 🤯🤯🤯 !
- [Haiku workshop - Red Earth Ecologies](https://lisagermany.art/haiku-workshop-red-earth-ecologies/): Announcement for my online haiku workshop for Red Earth Ecologies at Western Riverina Arts

## Pages

- [Writing for grant application](https://lisagermany.art/writing-grant/): A selection of haibun and haiku from Greenland, demonstrating my literary practice and text-based responses to place.
- [Sound for grant application](https://lisagermany.art/sound-grant/): A selection of field recordings from Greenland and Japan, demonstrating my practice of environmental listening and sound-based responses to place.
- [Photography for grant application](https://lisagermany.art/photography-grant/): A selection of environmental photographs made while living in Greenland and during shorter periods of travel elsewhere.
- [Field Notes](https://lisagermany.art/field-notes/): Follow my creative endeavors and join a community of curious readers who want to notice more of the world around them through haiku, photography, and other creative acts.
- [How to haiku zine](https://lisagermany.art/how-to-haiku-zine/): This pocket guide zine offers practical reminders of haiku basics, ready to print and bring along on your ginkos.
- [Store](https://lisagermany.art/store/): I'm currently crafting several books that reflect my time in Greenland, spanning poetry (haiku and haibun) and photography.
- [Publication Waitlist](https://lisagermany.art/publication-waitlist/)
- [Work](https://lisagermany.art/creative/): I work across photography, writing, and sound, exploring places through walking, listening, and close attention.
- [Artist Statement](https://lisagermany.art/artist-statement/): I work with photography, haiku and haibun, and field recordings, using walking as my primary way of engaging with place.
- [Home](https://lisagermany.art/): I'm a multi-disciplinary artist working with photography, haiku and haibun, and field recordings as different ways of experiencing the world.
- [Contact](https://lisagermany.art/contact/): For enquiries relating to residencies, exhibitions, publications, commissions, or workshops, please get in touch.
- [Artist CV](https://lisagermany.art/cv/): Multidisciplinary artist working across photography, writing (haiku and haibun), and sound/field recordings.
- [Sound](https://lisagermany.art/sound/): I’m still relatively new to field recordings, but I’ve come to realize that you cannot fully experience a place without exploring its soundscape.
- [Writing](https://lisagermany.art/writing/): I’ve always been drawn to the sparseness of haiku and the challenge of conveying meaning within such a short form.
- [Projects - The Port of Sisimiut](https://lisagermany.art/the-port-sisimiut/): In a country where the economy revolves around fishing, where almost everything is imported, and where people value being in nature, Greenland's ports carry much of its lifeblood.
- [Photography](https://lisagermany.art/photography/): My photography is born from a nomadic lifestyle and a walking habit.

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