Synchronistic Seeing:
How to Tap into the Harmony of Haiku and Photography
with Dr. Kit Nagamura
October 8th - November 12th, 2024
7PM CDT / 8:00 PM EDT / 9:00 AM JST
“Spring ending
on a bridge, a businessman
inhales the cool dusk”
Overview
Haiku poetry has become the most widely written classical form of poetry in the world. During the three years that Kit Nagamura co-hosted NHK World’s international TV show “Haiku Masters,” she received works from poets living in over 160 countries. The appeal of the form, developed in Japan, extends far beyond its brevity, however; haiku has been called “a way of life” for the effect it has of enriching and deepening the way one views the world.
Though writing haiku appears simple, most people who are new to the form find that...it’s actually a lot more challenging than they had thought, but also a lot more interesting. Kit has developed an introductory lesson that shows how haiku can intersect with photography, to produce unique multidimensional creations known as shahai, or Photo Haiku. Her classes allow each person ample time to ask questions, and to have their work discussed in the way that is common in Japan (hint: it is very different from the way work is critiqued in the west!).
SCHEDULE
Tuesday, October 8th - Session One
Wednesday, October 16th - Session Two
Tuesday, October 22nd - Session Three
Tuesday, October 29th - Session Four
Tuesday, November 5th - Session Five
Tuesday, November 12th - Session Six
Please note that Daylight Saving Time ends in November. As a result, the last two sessions will take place at 7:00 PM CST after the clocks fall back on November 3.
Additional information
This class will consist of six sessions of 100 minutes each, starting October 8th on Tuesday evenings (except for the third session, which will take place on Wednesday, October 16th) CDT.
CLASS size:
Maximum 10 students
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Kit Nagamura
Kit Nagamura took her B.A. with honors at Brown University, and first visited Japan on a Samuel T. Arnold fellowship, offered through the generosity of IBM’s Thomas J. Watson, Jr. She returned to the U.S. for her Master’s at University of Michigan, where she won a Major Hopwood Award for fiction, then received a Ph.D. with honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she also won the Marion Reilly Award for Teaching Excellence. Despite all this, she cannot seem to match socks coming out of the dryer, drive a car on the left side of the road, or bake a cake, so don’t be intimidated.