QUOTE : labels

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"Everything depends on how you want to look
at what happens in life.
It doesn't make any difference
what is going on 'out there' --
what makes a difference is how you take it."



When asked the secret of how to look at the world afresh,
with delighted eyes, Merlin said,

"You lack innocence.
Having labeled a thing,
you no longer see that thing,
you see its label instead."


source : livinglifefully.com


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Try not to use "labels" when writing haiku!
Try to see that thing, not the label!


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Haiku Jam, Six Labels





. Haiku Jam - Paul Conneally .


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I'm paraphrasing, but I think it was Basho who said

every poem (haiku) should be written
as if it were your "death poem"...

just a thought on this perspective -
love everything you do Gabi!

source : B.B. on facebook



Aim at the sun and you may not reach it;
but your arrow will fly far higher
than if you had aimed at an object
on a level with yourself.

-- F. Hawes


That is an interesting thought.
My Kyudo (Archery) Teacher would say:

.......................... Aim behind the target !


and the Kendo Teacher:

Batteling with five opponents,
use your force as if they were seven.

Can we apply this to Haiku?


Write each haiku as if it was your last one !
There is no tomorrow to reach,
there is only NOW to write.





Shoot each arrow as if it was your last one !
Kobayashi sensei, more than 40 years ago in Kamakura


. My Quotes with Haiku .


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. Quotes with Haiku - Part 1 .


. Quotes with Haiku - Part 2 .

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