Or, to express this in another way, suggested to me by Professor Suzuki, in connection with 'seeing into our own nature, poetry is the something that we see, but the seeing and the something are one without the seeing there is no something, no something, no seeing. There is neither discovery nor creation only the perfect, indivisible experience.
More Quotes from Reginald Horace Blyth:
Regarding R. H. Blyth The first book in English based on the saijiki is R. H. Blyth's Haiku, published in four volumes from 1949 to 1952. After the first, background volume, the remaining three consist of a collection of Japanese haiku with translations, all organized by season, and within the seasons by traditional categories and about three hundred seasonal topics.Reginald Horace Blyth
Regarding R. H. Blyth Blyth is sometimes perilous, naturally, since he's a high-handed old poem himself, but he's also sublime and who goes to poetry for safety anyway.
Reginald Horace Blyth
Thus we see that the all important thing is not killing or giving life, drinking or not drinking, living in the town or the country, being unlucky or lucky, winning or losing. It is how we win, how we lose, how we live or die, finally, how we choose.
Reginald Horace Blyth
The love of nature is religion, and that religion is poetry these three things are one thing. This is the unspoken creed of haiku poets.
Reginald Horace Blyth
These are some of the characteristics of the state of mind which the creation and appreciation of haiku demand Selflessness, Loneliness, Grateful Acceptance, Wordlessness, Non-intellectuality, Contradictoriness, Humor, Freedom, Non-morality, Simplicity, Materiality, Love, and Courage.
Reginald Horace Blyth
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Experience Quotes, Literature Quotes, Nature Quotes, Perfection Quotes, Poetry QuotesBased on Keywords: suzuki
A flow of words is a sure sign of duplicity.
Honore de Balzac
Also there's two sides of it, I mean, a band like us, at our level and the way we have to promote ourselves and usually radio just completely turns their back on us, at the same time I think Mp3s help promote us somewhat, spreading the word about the album and stuff.
Kenny Hickey
Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.
Walter Murch