Summary
In an introductory note, [Marc Awodey] says the images aren't meant to illustrate the poems. Rather, "[T]he point of combining senryu and nudes is to suggest that poems must evolve from a state of psychological nudity." What do they reveal? In the book, Awodey mentions the "haiku concept of wabi-sabi," which he defines in an email as "quiet like melancholy, yet it comes from a place of contentment and acceptance rather than sadness or resignation ... we see it in Edward Hopper, Emily Dickinson, Chet Baker - but there's no name for it in English."
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Haiku Shows Its Human Face in Senryu and Nudes
Like copywriters, haiku poets know how to pack a punch with a few words. Marc Awodey, Burlington artist/poet and art cr...
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