becoming a walking stick
little bamboo
at the peak of youth
~Issa (www.hakiuguy.com)

becoming a walking stick
little bamboo
at the peak of youth
~Issa (www.hakiuguy.com)

the rivers have
an ancient darkness…
cuckoo
~Issa (www.haikuguy.com)

Week 33 Inspiration: Tell a Lie (It is said that the “Camera Never Lies”. Prove it wrong.)

Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.


Riding within summer’s breeze with nothing to do, nothing to realize, no program, no goal to achieve…aimlessness.
The temple bell roused me from dreams
And waiting for the starlit dawn

The night, alas! was long as are
One hundred autumn nights.
~The Sarashina Diary (cited: Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)
Week 32 Composition: Frame within the Frame (Using only natural elements, frame your subject. No actual picture frames allowed.)

Aspens within aspens… Nikon D750 f/4.5 1/1000s 52mm 800 ISO
Photography Composition Tip: Using Frame within a Frame photography Talk
Image submitted in response to Dogwood Photography’s annual 52-week photography challenge.


Even this wandering wind among the pines of the mountain-
I’ve heard that it departs with murmuring sound.
The Sarashina Diary (Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)

The night opens and I cannot sleep,
Yet, I am dreaming dreams,
And, loving them, the moon I do not see.
~Izumi Shikibu, 976-1030 (Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan)

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