Synchronistic Seeing:
How to Tap into the Harmony of Haiku and Photography
with Dr. Kit Nagamura
October 2nd - November 6th, 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
October 2 - Session One
October 9 - Session Two
October 17 - Session Three
October 23 - Session Four
October 30 - Session Five
November 6 - Session Six
Additional information
This class will consist of six sessions of 100 minutes each, starting October 2nd on Wednesday evenings (except for the third session, which will take place on Thursday, October 17th).
CLASS size:
Maximum 10 students
Tuition:
Labor Day special: $750 until September 10th
Regular price: $950 (+10% for Japan residents)
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.