Being drawn to nature <g>

[Deer Stalker]

Hi Andestine.

[Andestine]

Treecreeper,

Andestine, I'll never understand haikus as long as I live, but welcome.

Ah, but how do you know? I used to say I’d never understand maths but years later I grew to love it so much I did pure maths for fun. Can't say I ever understood it though, because if I did, I'd be able to do mathermatical puzzles and they're quite beyond me. I envy you that skill.

To be honest, most haikus mystify me. That one above meant something to me, so it was an exception.

Thank you so much for the welcome

Andestine

[Andestine]

Already stated by loripo : The Zen of Seeing, Frederick Franck quoted from an ancient Chinese artist, whose name I can not find. Most annoying! It took me a while to find the book out, shamefully deposited in a cardboard box under the bed . Although Franck says Chinese I do think the poem has more flavour of Nippon. Pertinent anyway!

H,

Cardboard boxes are an original alternative to bed legs, but don’t you find yourself sleeping at a bit of a slant now? I used to have 3000 rescue books in my home, but have now got it down to a thousand (the rest successfully re-homed). Did think of using some as furniture at one point, but never got over the problem of slippage (glue not an option for a bibliophile like me).

I’m ashamed to say that I get very mixed up between Chinese and Japanese art forms. But I adore Japanese art, especially concerning wildlife.

Do let me know if you solve the mystery.

A

[Andestine]

Hello Loripo

I found the other drawings you had put into the image Gallery by looking at your 'Tree' - they are superb. Please add a thread to the Wildlife art forum and show them there.

I’m glad you like the drawings. I'll post them later on. In the meantime I’ve got to find out what a fly with dangly bits is called

There is some poetry there too - perhaps you have a poem to go with a drawing?

I can’t write poetry to save my life. (Well, I did write one two-liner, but it’s too risqué to post in a forum ). I can never express my emotions in words, so I'm really thankful that some poets and lyric-writers can do that for me.

Looking through the Wildlife Art section, I’ve noticed that poetry is welcome there too, so I might try starting a thread on nature-related poetry. I hope that topic hasn’t been covered too much already.

Sláinte

Andestine

[Andestine]

Originally Posted by Deer Stalker

Hi Andestine.

Hi Si

Andestine

[loripo]

A fly with dangly bits
I recently bought a small book published by British Museum called 'Birds' - it has a collection of poems each with an illustration from their collection. I couldnt resist the picture called 'Auspicious and inauspicious owls' by a living Chinese artist.(it was actually a political satire, but it set me off trying to find out what an 'inauspicious' owl was).

[tcvarlh]

Originally Posted by Andestine

H,

Cardboard boxes are an original alternative to bed legs, but don’t you find yourself sleeping at a bit of a slant now? I used to have 3000 rescue books in my home, but have now got it down to a thousand (the rest successfully re-homed). Did think of using some as furniture at one point, but never got over the problem of slippage (glue not an option for a bibliophile like me).
A

I was pondering the idea of magazines/books as furniture and then re-read the post about Japanese art-forms. Remembering that the Nipponese consider a certain style of rope hitching an art, I wondered if I could combine the two ideas. After a bit of research and the purchase of a very large ball of twine I had a little play. I now have an 'almost' usable small chair, let's say, fit for a 6 year old. Maybe I'll send it to the Tate!
h

[tcvarlh]

Originally Posted by loripo

A fly with dangly bits
I recently bought a small book published by British Museum called 'Birds' - it has a collection of poems each with an illustration from their collection. I couldnt resist the picture called 'Auspicious and inauspicious owls' by a living Chinese artist.(it was actually a political satire, but it set me off trying to find out what an 'inauspicious' owl was).

Hi loripo,

Inauspicious Owl are the ones that sit, never asking whoo is presenting the Til Eulenspiegel lecture, just listening wisely, at the back of the Aule. Auspicious owls are merely Twits!
h


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_Eulenspiegel

[Andestine]

Originally Posted by loripo

A fly with dangly bits
I recently bought a small book published by British Museum called 'Birds' - it has a collection of poems each with an illustration from their collection. I couldnt resist the picture called 'Auspicious and inauspicious owls' by a living Chinese artist.(it was actually a political satire, but it set me off trying to find out what an 'inauspicious' owl was).

I don’t see many owls, so all are auspicious to me.
But if I were a small mammal, all owls would be inauspicious. So it’s all a matter of your point of view
(Do let us know if you find out what the poet really meant.)

Cheers,

Andestine

P.S. More on owls on the other thread later

[Andestine]

Originally Posted by tcvarlh

I was pondering the idea of magazines/books as furniture and then re-read the post about Japanese art-forms. Remembering that the Nipponese consider a certain style of rope hitching an art, I wondered if I could combine the two ideas. After a bit of research and the purchase of a very large ball of twine I had a little play. I now have an 'almost' usable small chair, let's say, fit for a 6 year old. Maybe I'll send it to the Tate!
h

H (sorry; I realise I've been mis-spelling your name all this time. I mean 'h' of course),

The Japanese really have taken the art of rope work to the limits. Quite ingenious. I’d love to see the chair. Could you photograph it outside and replace the 6 year old with a small bird to keep things on topic? Maybe best to do it in the nesting season to negate the necessity of covering the greater part of the chair seat with seeds?)

It sounds far too attractive a piece to be wasted on the Tate, but there again, I think that even that place would refuse to exhibit some examples of your chosen genre. Pity

A