Haiku In the Breeze 2012

Inspired by the Weathergrams of Lloyd Reynolds, the North Carolina Haiku Society and the North Carolina Botanical Garden created 50, hand-lettered haiku on strips of grocery bag paper and hung them from trees and branches in the garden. Visitors were invited to write their own haiku in response. The exhibit hung from June 16 through July 30, 2012. From the book, The Calligraphy of Lloyd Reynolds, by Gunderson & Lehman: "Weathergrams are poems of about ten words or less. They are written on narrow strips of kraft paper cut from used grocery store bags. They are hung on bushes or trees in gardens or along mountain trails. There are generally seasonal and are left out for three months or longer. The name means 'weather writing' -- notations by sun, wind, rain, and possibly ice. Written with the proper inks, the writing lasts. Let them weather and wither like old leaves. In composing one, let the meaning grow out of things, with some action involved if possible -- in a here and now. The meaning is not all on the surface. The unexpected is essential. It is not a condensation, but a moment of vision." NOTE: Use your right arrow key to move quickly through the pictures. To make the displayed picture bigger, mouse over the picture and select "Original" from the menu. You can change the way pictures are displayed by using the Style control at upper right.