A Seascape Demonstraion

Here, at an Asilomar Haiku Retreat,

Carolyn Fitz demonstrates how one can soften the water-soluble ink

of the Pilot Parallel Pen with a waterbrush.

She was using a photo from a newspaper as a suggestion for a seascape,

Now, many of us bring some art materials with is to each Retreat.

light of one candle

used in lighting another

on this spring evening

  

Buson

   

(1716-1784)

   

Buson was more well known 

during his lifetime for his art, 

rather than for the haiku 

that he often painted in calligraphy 

on his ink paintings.

   

This version is from the small book by Cid Corman

called Little Enough, Gnomon Press, 1991, page 21.