RITSURIN, IRISES & a CLOSER VIEW
2012年06月04日
Ama agari nanairo fukashi hanaayame
雨上がり七色の深し花あやめ
‘Irises, more rainbow colored after the rain’
I can’t remember who wrote this but it’s a perfect haiku for another look at our beloved Ritsurin Garden in Takamatsu.
Now’s the season for irises and they’ll be out in a few days. Van Gough had a thing for them too and little wonder, as their beauty is so attractive. Van Gough’s captured this with his own distinctive energy. Something between passion & ecstasy and at times just bordering on radioactive ..
Well they’re now out and here for all of us to see and enjoy. While I was there I imagined they were letting out little sighs of disappointment to each other and whispering; “why are we blooming for this old fool?”
bring myself here to paint often and I met this familiar face on a previous occasion and offered a few tips on iris painting.
Lot’s of こもれび (komorebi) (light filtered through leaves) here which I wrote about last month and just love to enjoy.
This is such a good time to do things like paint, and it really doesn’t matter if you’re good or not as it’s irrelevant and besides the pleasure is just so great. I’m sure this young woman friend was enjoying her own painting session just as much as we were.
Ritsurin is a garden of moods, seasons and ever changing aspects. Every few meters or so, the ‘aspect’ changes and that’s a part of it’s design I heard. Much of what we can see here is smaller, less obtrusive and whilst not hidden, obverse in the sense that while it is turned towards the observer, takes a little time to find and away from the recognized scenic spots there.
How many shades of green can you see in the patina of the bronze bridge post cover? Lots, I’m sure … it’s the less obtrusive stuff in Ritsurin that I dig and would like to share.
I'll be back with another blog for the city soon. So until then, please go and enjoy the irises and the smaller, less obtrusive beauty of this place.Take along your watercolors and paint away. Oh, and keep all those comments and letters coming in. Until then ..
"Pat has lived in Takamatsu continuously since arriving here on a one year study and leave 1981. Originally from Tasmania, Australia, he was involved in education at a variety of levels including as a specialist teacher for children with learning difficulties, and at senior high schools throughout the state. Pat is employed full-time by the i-pal Kagawa International Exchange as a co-oridintaor for international relations amongst other duties including traveling to schools and giving talks in Japanese to kids about Australia. He has been involved with youth education exchanges between Japan and Australia for many years.
Pat has been many things in his colorful life including a seaman, helmsman, welder, carpenter, traffic warden, scholarship/studentship winner at the university of Tasmania, staff at the Australian Embassy in London to name but a few. Pat has far too many hobbies which include tennis, playing jazz flutes and saxes, riding bicycles with the Takamatsu Cycling Club all of which his long-suffering family tolerate. Recently he's become interested in painting again. His wife wishes he would put more time in to helping around the house and the garden which he artfully avoids ..."
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