Haiku and Haiga – One Moment Please
8 week course with Maureen SextonÂ
This course will examine the following:
What is haiku? What is the essence of haiku?
Where did haiku come from? Why write haiku?How to write haiku?
What is haiga? How haiku fits with images and drawings/paintings.
Is haiku good for your health? A haiku a day keeps the doctor away?
The following quote from Marcel Duchamp, is especially relevant to haiku:
‘It is not what you see that is art, art is the gap.’
Every Wednesday afternoon, 19th October to 7th December, 12.30 to 3 pm
The Art House, 63 Railway Avenue, Kelmscott
Cost of the full course: Full $200, Concession $160. Costs are open to negotiation. I would prefer people pay what they can afford rather then miss out.
Places are limited, so book early – email or phone Maureen:
maureensexton@yahoo.com.au or 0435 024 616.
Maureen is the WA Representative of HaikuOz (The Australian Haiku Society) and runs the Mari Warabiny Haiku Group in WA.
These beautiful Japanese Haiga can be created using a range of different art forms, such as watercolour, ink drawings, photography, etc.
Haiga dates back to the 1600s.