This Instagram project Home Zen Garden is inspired by traditional Japanese rock gardens and original haiku poetry.
Many of haiku poems might seem to be simple but they depict profound emotions or beautiful moments. Thinking about a visual representation of the haiku stories opens a great potential to reinforce one's imagination, concentration and patience.
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An Old Silent Pond... A Frog Jumps Into The Pond, Splash! Silence Again. - Matsuo Bashō
Moon In The Cold - Only My Own Footsteps On The Bridge. - Tan Taigi
In My Head A White Summer Field. - Soshu Takaya
Toward Those Short Trees We Saw A Hawk Descending On A Day In Spring. - Masaoka Shiki
Don't Worry, Spiders, I Keep House Casually. ― Kobayashi Issa
Night; And Once Again, The While I Wait For You, Cold Wind Turns Into Rain. - Masaoka Shiki
I Kill An Ant And Realize My Three Children Have Been Watching. - Kato Shuson
Mariner, Do Not Ask Whose Tomb This May Be, But Go With Good Fortune: I Wish You A Kinder Sea. ― Michael R. Burch
Mountain-rose Petals Falling, Falling, Falling Now...waterfall Music. - Matsuo Basho
Come, See The True Flowers Of This Pained World. ― Matsuo Bashō
Interesting concept. These works look a bit like land art or ephemeral art arrangements.
Interesting concept. These works look a bit like land art or ephemeral art arrangements.