Made for Naviar Records' 487th Haiku Challenge, Details at https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/05/03/naviarhaiku487-sound-of-mountain/

Made from treated elements of https://soundcloud.com/agnosturaelwar/mountain-puffs-naviarhaiku485   Thanks Ingvar!

Mountain ocean rain cycle [naviarhaiku487]

in dream world
was I laughing at a turtle?
winter seclusion

Among the four great masters of Japanese haiku, Kobayashi Issa was the most prolific: during his lifetime he wrote over 20,000 haiku, hundreds of tanka, and several haibun. If you want to find out more about this prolific author I suggest you check out this database of his haiku.

From the Haiku Guy website:

“Perhaps Issa’s dream is symbolic. Like a turtle, he is hunkered inside his shell (hut), waiting out the harsh winter weather. Or, William Nicholas offers a different interpretation, noting that the turtle is linked with good luck and longevity in Japan. In 1812 Issa was still a bachelor; he married two years later. At this point in his life he longed for the good luck of marriage and family life, hence the dream turtle’s teasing laughter?”

Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 17th May 2023

haiku by Kobayashi Issa https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/kobayashi-issa

picture by Todd Trapani https://unsplash.com/photos/ymEcUhbjCrI

Winter Seclusion (NaviarHaiku488)

K G G - Thames Whale (complete)

https://youtu.be/nFlCmypblQo
Naviar Haiku 489

Dividing the autumn sky
Into two
A huge chinquapin tree

Takahama Kyoshi was a Japanese poet active during the Shōwa period of Japan. He was the editor of the haiku magazine Hototogisu (previously edited by Shiki), where he promoted a more traditional style of haiku, as opposed to other popular schools which did not follow the pattern of seventeen syllables at that time.
Kyoshi also highlighted the symbolic function of the kigo (the seasonal reference), even though the more modern trends were already tending towards seasonless haiku.

Trees and Tangents

Trees and Tangents (Naviarhaiku489)

Check out the accompanying visuals @ https://youtu.be/p4NniZesIT8

The cold forest flaunts 
A newly webbed blanket of 
Wood anemones

Haiku by Pritee Rel https://twitter.com/PriteeRel

Picture by Annie Spratt https://unsplash.com/photos/pfBwKO8rzjY

For more information visit http://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

visuals (YouTube)

halF flaunT [naviarhaiku490]

naviarhaiku490

The cold forest flaunts
A newly webbed blanket of
Wood anemones

Pritee Rel is a teacher living in Alberta, Canada, with her husband, two children, a dog, and a cat. Besides reading and writing, Pritee likes going on long walks/hikes with her dog.
Seven days to make music in response to the assigned haiku: to participate visit https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku

Deadline: 31st May 2023
Haiku by Pritee Rel
Picture by Annie Spratt

The Cold Forest Flaunts (naviarhaiku490)

13Jun23

My naviarhaiku492 submission;
https://www.naviarrecords.com/2023/06/07/naviarhaiku492-early-morning/
:D

Early morning, One star remaining [naviarhaiku492]

This track was made with Kontakt 7.
Graphics made by AI.

Angel Dust

A journey through the seasons with a bear.

Stillness

13-track musical journey celebrating 40 years of Shanghai-Hamburg sister city partnership. Composed for an Art Gallery's exhibition featuring six renowned artists from both cities.

This unique soundtrack blends instrumental compositions with multilingual vocals (Chinese, German, English), creating a sonic bridge between cultures. Each track reflects the artistic vision.

🎵 11 Instrumentals | 2 Vocal Performances

FROM HUANGPU TO ELBE (Gallery Exhibition Music)

Golden Light

Winding Roads

I'm a composer, working from a 3' x 5' studio (some may call it a dinette) in a 5th wheel camper, while traveling the United States. I've been on the road for six years, so most of my recent work will have come from a different state (of mind and location) during my travels.

Music makes me feel better about everything. I don't know that I'm ever happier than when I am creating. I sometimes wonder if creativity isn't one of the primary keys to happiness. Do you ever feel better than when you say, "Look what I did."? This phrase magically conjures the purest sense of childlike joy.

Music works for every part of our lives. We all have music for when we are sad, happy, celebrating, meeting others, when we are alone, and even when we are lonely. Did a song come to mind as you read each of those situations? I remember the first song I ever heard on the radio, on my first bus ride to kindergarten. One of my favorite musical memories is playing in a band for steel beach on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

I love telling stories with music. Everybody loves John Coffey in the Green Mile, but Mr. Jingles should have a song commemorating his reaching and joining the circus at Mouseville. If you agree, join me for this and similar journeys. The music here is synthetic, but as real as you would choose to have it.

My music most often lands on Soundcloud first and is inspired by one of my favorite communities, Naviar Haiku:
https://www.naviarrecords.com/about/naviar-haiku
I find writing to a Haiku prompt sufficiently limiting and exquisitely inspiring.

Trees and Tangents (Naviarhaiku489)

Raymond Stull