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fandomhigh2020-12-03 04:03 am
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The Art of Ma; Thursday, Second Period [12/03].
"Welcome back, ducklings ♥," Shunsui greeted the class as they gathered, in the classroom, with the desks pushed aside and replaced with comfortable cushions in a circle at the center of the room, each little spot accompanied with a few notebooks and pens. "Our time together on this subject is running short, so it's high time we've delved into the poetic examples of Ma in art. In Japanese poetry Ma suggests a pause in time — it takes the mind to the moment that inspired the poet, suggesting that one contemplates that moment, experiences it fully. For example, the term ko-no-ma, meaning ‘among trees’ sets a vivid scene, yet at the same time the moment is open for individual interpretation ♥. And our most clear and evident example of such a venture is, naturally, the Japanese haiku ♥.
"Traditionally, a haiku consists of just three phrases that contain kireji, 'the cutting word,' in a 5, 7, 5 syllable pattern, and traditional haiku will almost always contain some reference to nature or seasons. Not all haiku will be reflective of Ma, but since they deal so heavily with nature, and nature is often reflective of Ma, there are many haiku, then, that are also Ma ♥."
The faint grin on his face may have suggested that he had made that intentionally a bit convuluted, yes.
"An example, then, from Naitō Jōsō:
Plains and Mountains
All enveloped in snow-
There is nothing else.
Or perhaps this one, from Jōsō's mentor Bashō:
Fragrant orchard--
Perfuming the wings
Of the butterfly
And a third, from Kobayashi Issa:
A giant firefly
wavers this way and that way--
look--it flies away.
"Now, of course, with some of the translations from the original Japanese, the beats and phrases are a little off, but the sentiment remains true: a picture in nature, a breath, to acknowledge the small things that fill the negatie space of the bigger picture ♥. What are these poems really telling us? What do they make us feel? How does it inspire us in the world around us? And, of course...can we effectually make our own? And that's what we'll be doing today, ducklings, taking our pens to the paper and reflecting the art of Ma through our own words ♥.
"Traditionally, a haiku consists of just three phrases that contain kireji, 'the cutting word,' in a 5, 7, 5 syllable pattern, and traditional haiku will almost always contain some reference to nature or seasons. Not all haiku will be reflective of Ma, but since they deal so heavily with nature, and nature is often reflective of Ma, there are many haiku, then, that are also Ma ♥."
The faint grin on his face may have suggested that he had made that intentionally a bit convuluted, yes.
"An example, then, from Naitō Jōsō:
All enveloped in snow-
There is nothing else.
Or perhaps this one, from Jōsō's mentor Bashō:
Perfuming the wings
Of the butterfly
And a third, from Kobayashi Issa:
wavers this way and that way--
look--it flies away.
"Now, of course, with some of the translations from the original Japanese, the beats and phrases are a little off, but the sentiment remains true: a picture in nature, a breath, to acknowledge the small things that fill the negatie space of the bigger picture ♥. What are these poems really telling us? What do they make us feel? How does it inspire us in the world around us? And, of course...can we effectually make our own? And that's what we'll be doing today, ducklings, taking our pens to the paper and reflecting the art of Ma through our own words ♥.
Sign In - AoM, 12/03.
Re: Sign In - AoM, 12/03.
Re: Sign In - AoM, 12/03.
Listen to the Lecture - AoM, 12/03.
Haiku - AoM, 12/03.
Talk to Shunsui - AoM, 12/03.
Cherry blossoms drift
Into the calm, placid pond--
Her laugh is like bells
And figures that's enough writing progress to last him at least the next few weeks!
OOC - AoM, 12/03.
My brain cooperated
Enough to write this