{"id":192,"date":"2020-11-24T00:33:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T00:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darkskydigital.co.uk\/clients\/av\/?p=192"},"modified":"2020-11-28T01:08:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T01:08:09","slug":"haiku-journal-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darkskydigital.co.uk\/clients\/av\/haiku-journal\/haiku-journal-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Haiku Journal – 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many of my haiku moments are experienced visually and are expressed by me through photography rather than words. Journal 8 is devoted entirely to haiku photos. In this case they all relate to walks taken along the beach in Helensburgh during the time of Covid lockdown. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the things about haiku moments is that they are a surprise. The subject of the photograph finds me, rather than me looking for it. For this to happen I need to be in a receptive state of mind. Readers of this journal will have noticed that meditation and Tai-chi (a form of meditation) have figured several times in what I have written; and it is these meditations that create the receptive state of mind that allows the things around me to make connection with me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be my last Haiku Journal until the week beginning January 11<\/em>th<\/em> 2021. A combination of factors has decided this: shingles, not getting out much at the moment, and a whole series of Christmas zooms with family and friends coming up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope to be back in contact then!<\/p>\n\n\n\n