CMP Review 2024-07-17
July 17, 2024
a cool breeze,
the grasshopper singing
with all his might
-Issa
In The Essence of Haiku, author Bruce Ross tells us, “In the best haiku it is the mystery of the particular that is its essence.” Issa has personalized a particular grasshopper in a distinct moment. Ross continues, “It is not just an insect or just a grasshopper: it is this particular grasshopper in this particular scene.”
His statement reminds me of what Charlotte Mason teaches us about capturing form and gesture in our nature journal. We seek to express our subject’s essence—it’s character or personality—if you will. Capturing the nod of a particular sunflower, the bend of a distinct reed, the outstretched arms of the tree we paint each season, or the turn of a flower’s face in our garden.
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