The opportunity to combine both haiku and photography in a haiga is one of creative joy. The gift of haiga is to recall insightful feelings.

GEERT VERBEKE  

Try this haiga page: CarrieAnn Thunell

Haiga is traditioneel een Japanse kunst waarbij schilderijen & haiku aan elkaar gelinkt worden. Tekst en illustratie ondersteunen elkaar of vullen elkaar aan.  De moderne haiga toont een mix van digitale computertechnieken, fotografie & schilderijen. Het is geen zeldzaamheid dat artiesten samenwerken bij  de creatie van haiga.

The term haiga means "haiku painting": "hai" comes from haiku and "ga" is the word for painting.Welcome to this picture poems gallery, a combination of haiku and pictures. Haiga are also called: haiku painting, poem painting, photo haiku or haiku photo. The definition 'haïsha' is a misnomer !

The accompanying pictures are  related to the poems, or only complement them. The haiga here are my personal interpretations of an art form using photos, paintings & line drawings. Haiga is a traditional Japanese art form alongside the development of haiku around 1600. Normally, the poet adds paintings to his own haiku, but nowadays it is not unusual that two or more artists compose haiga, the poet writing the haiku and the painter realising the artwork.On this web page, the painting is replaced by digital photo's and computer made images.

The opportunity to combine both haiku and photography in a haiga is one of creative joy. The gift of haiga is to recall insightful feelings. For a number of years, I am writing my haiku afterwards, into and around the completed photo or illustration. In a haiga, the illustration and the haiku are symbiotical. Both need a perfect balance. I prefer a sober lay-out and tightness in the lettering. And please no Japonism, no kitch, no American glitter nor small talk about Jezus and his seven dwarfs...

Le haiga est un haïku illustré avec un dessin, une esquisse, une peinture, une photo, une graphique...grouper sous un dénominateur commun. Inutile de subdiviser le haïga en rubriques comme: photo haïku, haïsha, etc. Mieux vaut garder son énergie pour des causes plus nobles...

All photos: Pentax-ist DS by GEERT VERBEKE  

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 HAIGA LINKS:

HAIGA: Ray Rasmussen.

HAIGA ON LINE Jim Kacian

FLOATING STONE Susumi Takiguchi, Japan.

SEE HAIKU HERE digital haiga gallery by Kuni Shimuzu, Japan.

SUSAN FRAME traditional haiga painter Florida, USA.

WITH LOVE, ZOLO  Online Haiga Collection by Brooks Books

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