2006-10-24

821. Guerilla Gardening

flower box —
a cigarette butt planted
face down

[Notes]

9 comments:

  1. ha! how fiendishly clever ... and a not uncommon sight.

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  2. do you just look at things as you are coming and going and this comes to you? or do you have to WORK at it

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  3. I like how you did this -- perfect opposite.

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  4. Hahaha:))) Planting one's secondary (conditioned) self in the flower box of life in the hope that it will grow up to be a flower. The butt of the flowers of our real self... (just a thought:))

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  5. Love the contrast od life and death here. You are really nailing these!!

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  6. Senile: Thanks. ;-)

    Pamela: For the most part these haiku derive form things I see coming and going. The better ones are more like like them appearing to me. I will see something and suddenly realize, "Wow, that's a haiku". Of course, the work comes in crafting the experince into something aesthetic.

    Since August I have been linking them as well. To do this effectively I have, at any given time, 10-20 haiku in a draft form. As a write them I look for natural links. Only occasionally do I resort to writing a haiku just so it fits in to a link in the chain.

    Thank you for asking. :-)

    Andrew: Thank you.

    John: Thanks.

    Borut: Interesting thought. Amazing what thoughts are inspired by a few poetic words. :-)

    Pat: Thanks mucho!

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  7. Light breeze
    brings fresh air
    from highway

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  8. Right, that is much needed. :-)

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