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Tag Archives: niigata
Night Beat
It is in these moments when the pumpkin orange glow of the lanterns softens the streets and the bicycles lined up in rows compose portraits of ordered symmetry, that the night turns in on itself, and with it goes I, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged after dark, blues, ephemera, ghosts, japan, niigata, poem, Poetry, streetlamps, streets
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Jizo and the Lost Children
They were everywhere in the woods. Clustered in hidden batches, concealed, unseen or barely peeking out from foliage or grass, the verdant estate of jizos, some whose faces had been worn away by the elements, others with shadows and hints … Continue reading
Posted in photography, Poetry, Prose
Tagged children, compassion, japan, jizo, niigata, Poetry, Prose, rabbit, sado island, sketch, travel
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In the Company of Solitude, Vol. 4
The fourth and final volume is dedicated to vanishing points, prevailing absences and Zen-empty ephemera.
Posted in Artwork, Audio, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose, Video
Tagged empty spaces, japan, kyoto, niigata, poems, Poetry, Spoken Word, tokyo, travelogue, vanishing points
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In the Company of Solitude, Vol. 3
This volume features shrines and cemeteries, and a visit to Ryokan’s hut.
Posted in Artwork, Audio, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose, Video
Tagged cemetery, japan, kyoto, montage, niigata, photography, poem, Poetry, Ryokan, sado island, shrine, Spoken Word, tokyo, Video
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In the Company of Solitude, Vol. II
This volume comprises nocturnes and night scenes from Japan (Niigata, Tokyo and Kyoto).
Posted in Artwork, Audio, Cinema, photography, Poetry, Prose, Video
Tagged after hours, haiku, in the dark, japan, kyoto, nightwatch, niigata, nocturnes, photography, Poetry, Prose, Spoken Word, street scenes, tokyo
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In the Company of Solitude, Vol. I
During the summer of 2023, I had the privilege and joy of spending six weeks in Japan, based in Niigata, with short trips to Tokyo, Kyoto and Sado Island. I enjoyed the flaneur’s giddy and childlike luxury of wandering streets … Continue reading
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Tagged curate, dream state, exploration, flaneur, haiku, homage, images, in the company of solitude, japan, kyoto, niigata, odyssey, photography, poem, Poetry, portraits, Spoken Word, tokyo, tribute, worldscape
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Days of Lives
From the series, Japan Poems. Umbrella between friends, shadows cast for none to see– Summer festival.
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Tagged festival, friends, japan, mothers, niigata, poem, portrait, street festival
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Accord
From the series, Japan Poems. At the festival, clouds and sunshine commingle– Drums thunder in sync.
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Tagged festival, haiku, japan, music, niigata, poem, umbrella
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Sensorial
From the series, Japan Poems. Wherever you go, rhythm feeds the spectral flow– A moveable feast.
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Tagged city, flow, haiku, japan, niigata, parasol, poem, scenes from life, street, umbrella
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No Godot Here
From the series, Japan Poems. Waiting in the rain for a train that never comes– Blues for Dr. Seuss.
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Tagged Dr. Seuss, haiku, haiku blues, japan, niigata, poem, rain, train, umbrella
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