On love and death Haiga is a style of Japanese art that combines a haiku poem with a painting or drawing, often using calligraphy to integrate the text with the visual art. It’s a visual form of poetry that seeks to capture the essence of the poem through both words and imagery. I use Haiga to frame poetic..
Support workers in end-of-life homecare play a vital role in enhancing the quality of life (QOL) for individuals and their families by providing practical, emotional, and social support. They offer assistance with personal care, mobility, medication management, and symptom management, while also providing companionship and emotional support to both the individual and their family. This is our..
The Haiku and Haiga Chronicles: Exhaustion, Loss, and Prolonged Sorrow
Taigu Ryokan was a Japanese Zen Buddhist monk and poet of the Edo period, known for his unconventional lifestyle and unadorned, deeply personal poetry. https://allpoetry.com/Taigu-Ryokan Haiku’s more visual cousin, the haiga, unites a haiku poem, written in calligraphy, with a simple painting. https://poets.org/text/haiga-haiku-calligraphy-and-painting In our new world of shared grief and absurd wonder..