Comments on: Ataxia http://www.shadowofiris.com/2009/09/25/ataxia/ Poetry, fiction, short stories, more ... Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:25:33 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Matt http://www.shadowofiris.com/2009/09/25/ataxia/comment-page-1/#comment-5043 Matt Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:26:31 +0000 http://www.shadowofiris.com/?p=1105#comment-5043 "May I assume that you create poems like nature create objects, you follow your instinct and set your mind free to play and then observe the effect afterwards?" I can't argue with that! :-) “May I assume that you create poems like nature create objects, you follow your instinct and set your mind free to play and then observe the effect afterwards?”

I can’t argue with that! :-)

]]> By: Agent Snowflake http://www.shadowofiris.com/2009/09/25/ataxia/comment-page-1/#comment-5037 Agent Snowflake Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:36:26 +0000 http://www.shadowofiris.com/?p=1105#comment-5037 Thank you Matt I looked at the site and see what you mean. I love it when steadfastness of characters, sweetness of temperament and a beautiful attitude to life as well as loving service; leave a mark on things. Beauty, for me, is harmony and where pain leave some people bitter in appearance, others use the pain to become stronger and sweeter. I prefer looking for examples of people and things that have used the pains and problems in life to grow stronger and more beautiful, that is more harmonious, more loving, more understanding, more appealing, in whatever way. May I assume that you create poems like nature create objects, you follow your instinct and set your mind free to play and then observe the effect afterwards? – And thank you again for these pointers. Kind regards, Agent Snowflake. A book that really made a huge impact on me, as it helped me understand my own feelings in this regards, was a small little book called "Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers" You can read about it here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/1880656124 for "artists and designers", December 27, 2001 By W. Todd Dominey (Decatur, GA United States) - See all my reviews As a graphic designer, I was very intrigued by the title of this book, and the philosophies contained inside, so I decided to give the book a shot. This is the type of book you blaze through in about 30 minutes, but will most likely want to keep for a lifetime as inspiration. Reason? Because there simply isn't another book of it's tone or mission. The essence of Wabi-Sabi is that true beauty, whether it comes from an object, architecture or visual art, doesn't reveal itself until the winds of time have had their say. A cracked pot, for example, has an essence that a perfectly round pot is lacking. Beauty is in the cracks, the worn spots, and the imperfect lines. As a graphic designer, Wabi-Sabi is the antithesis of what I pursue every day -- perfection in my typography, layout, tight invisible Swiss inspired gridlines, etc. Mathematical symmetry is an unshakeable mission for many in my profession, and the ancient philosophies of Wabi-Sabi rip a hole in the side of it. I enjoy owning the book as a reminder that nothing in life, or design, is perfect. The very essence of life, work, art and nature is free of right angles, and chaos reigns supreme. Thank you Matt
I looked at the site and see what you mean. I love it when steadfastness of characters, sweetness of temperament and a beautiful attitude to life as well as loving service; leave a mark on things. Beauty, for me, is harmony and where pain leave some people bitter in appearance, others use the pain to become stronger and sweeter. I prefer looking for examples of people and things that have used the pains and problems in life to grow stronger and more beautiful, that is more harmonious, more loving, more understanding, more appealing, in whatever way. May I assume that you create poems like nature create objects, you follow your instinct and set your mind free to play and then observe the effect afterwards? – And thank you again for these pointers.
Kind regards, Agent Snowflake.

A book that really made a huge impact on me, as it helped me understand my own feelings in this regards, was a small little book called “Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers”

You can read about it here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1880656124

for “artists and designers”, December 27, 2001
By W. Todd Dominey (Decatur, GA United States) – See all my reviews

As a graphic designer, I was very intrigued by the title of this book, and the philosophies contained inside, so I decided to give the book a shot. This is the type of book you blaze through in about 30 minutes, but will most likely want to keep for a lifetime as inspiration. Reason? Because there simply isn’t another book of it’s tone or mission.
The essence of Wabi-Sabi is that true beauty, whether it comes from an object, architecture or visual art, doesn’t reveal itself until the winds of time have had their say. A cracked pot, for example, has an essence that a perfectly round pot is lacking. Beauty is in the cracks, the worn spots, and the imperfect lines.
As a graphic designer, Wabi-Sabi is the antithesis of what I pursue every day — perfection in my typography, layout, tight invisible Swiss inspired gridlines, etc. Mathematical symmetry is an unshakeable mission for many in my profession, and the ancient philosophies of Wabi-Sabi rip a hole in the side of it.
I enjoy owning the book as a reminder that nothing in life, or design, is perfect. The very essence of life, work, art and nature is free of right angles, and chaos reigns supreme.

]]> By: Kitty http://www.shadowofiris.com/2009/09/25/ataxia/comment-page-1/#comment-5029 Kitty Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:23:46 +0000 http://www.shadowofiris.com/?p=1105#comment-5029 batty, hell’s bat coming down from up on that cliff flames in his after flow he’ll rip me into shreds and leave me with nothing but the fading thought of that brief touch I stole from you. ...mysterious and powerful... batty, hell’s bat
coming down from up on that cliff
flames in his after flow
he’ll rip me into shreds
and leave me with nothing
but the fading thought
of that brief touch
I stole from you.

…mysterious and powerful…

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