tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586396020834645161.post8155244817924399112..comments2023-04-26T16:01:10.012+02:00Comments on Spring Haiku 2008: awareAshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15257680577844653651noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586396020834645161.post-46263426540842593602008-02-28T23:00:00.000+01:002008-02-28T23:00:00.000+01:00Thanks Jem.Alan,I'm glad you picked up on the pun....Thanks Jem.<BR/><BR/>Alan,<BR/>I'm glad you picked up on the pun. I'd hoped that it wasn't too "in your face". I understand aware to also mean the ability of an object, event or scene to stimulate emotion, particularly of sadness or regret. Used in this sense by Basho in the phrase mono no aware: 'the touchingness of things'. <BR/><BR/>Thanks Alan!joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06273213793798540656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586396020834645161.post-83893352553997905552008-02-27T17:26:00.000+01:002008-02-27T17:26:00.000+01:00.Hi Josh,That's a really good play on words with '....<BR/><BR/>Hi Josh,<BR/><BR/>That's a really good play on words with 'aware'.<BR/><BR/><I><B>"aware": </B>Japanese aesthetic term that suggests a fleeting or impermanent nature of things.</I><BR/><BR/>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8586396020834645161.post-25777983414475522008-02-27T10:46:00.000+01:002008-02-27T10:46:00.000+01:00I like this, its unusual and striking and promotes...I like this, its unusual and striking and promotes further thought.jemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181038873568527264noreply@blogger.com