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A Haiku Year

A Haiku Year
In this video and essay about the process of exchanging a haiku a day for a year, a path of discovery and awakening is revealed through a walking meditation with haiku as the focus. In the video version linked below some of the hundreds of illustrated postcards are featured, including drawings, photos, scans, graphic design…
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On Art

On Art
For me Art has been a lifelong journey. I declare that art is more than important; that doctors can save lives, but artists can change them. It is not a passive activity, nor does the work exist in a passive state; it is a manifest exchange between artist and audience. Virtually everything that is made…
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Radio Interview

Radio Interview
www.WOOL.fm  100.1 FM  February 10, 2012 with Mark Kenney Originally aired live on radio and the web, this video version also features over 100 original haiku poems and illustrated artworks in ceramic, on stone and paper, photography, ink and watercolor, and graphic design. The interview offers insight into the spirit, work, and process of Snow…
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whiteness–– / fell down coming, fell down going / snow on the altar
— Harry Duane Hudson

Snow on AltarPhoto by Katherine Henry

Kogo kizoku– awakening to the high, returning to the low.

-A reference to the falling snow and the constancy of Grace;

-to the Devotee falling, struggling to reach the altar, then to keep the faith;

-to the Sinner, fallen, penitent, and forgiven, falling again;

-to the wedding altar; falling into love, and choosing True Love over all others.

•Written as a memento for a shaman friend visiting a mountain altar on snowshoes. Immediately after his song-blessings there fell a magnificent whiteout snow only over us. ––An affirmation, following us home, then made complete with sun beaming in blue skies all around, burning into a golden dusk as we stepped off of the mountain.

 

Words Copyright 2013 Harry D. Hudson
Imagery Copyright 2013 Katherine Henry