autumn wind...
I am stringing
a plain-wood bow

Kyorai was a Japanese haiku poet who first trained as a martial artist before he started writing and became one of Basho’s first disciples.

This is one of Kyorai's most famous poem, and one that Natsume Sōseki used as an example of great haiku poetry when teaching at a high school in Kumamoto.

Haiku by Mukai Kyorai: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mukai-Kyorai

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halF strunG [naviarhaiku563]

More on the 668th weekly Disquiet Junto project, All Right Then, Keep Your Secrets — The Assignment: Bury a secret sound until it is no longer identifiable — at https://disquiet.com/0668/

This project was proposed by Mahlen Morris.

halF secrecY [disquiet0668]

A 'bit' conceptual this one ... You're hearing 1-bit sound at the beginning of the piece ... all the way up to 16-bits by the end ... Enjoy!

Fog clears away:
the waterfall shows up
bit by bit.
 
Undoubtedly one of the most important Japanese novelists in modern history, Natsume Sōseki began his career publishing haiku and renku poems in a number of newspapers and periodicals. Early in his career he met Masaoka Shiki, who encouraged him to become a writer and tutored him in the art of composing haiku.

Between 1900 and 1903 he studied at the UCL in London, but this proved to be quite a dramatic experience for the young Soseki. Despite this, when Soseki returned to Japan, he exploded into prolific writing activity.

Haiku by Natsume Soseki: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16061597.Natsume_S_seki

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halF waterfalL [naviarhaiku564]

More on the 669th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Phonosynthesis — The Assignment: Make music to help a forest regenerate — at https://disquiet.com/0669/

halF fungaL [disquiet0669]

springtime woods
even birds of prey
nestled asleep
 
Takakuwa Rankō was a haijin from Kanazawa and a student of Wada Kiin. Born into a wealthy merchant family, he travelled all over Japan and finally settled in Kyoto, practising as a doctor. A great admirer of Bashō, he erected a small shrine (the Bashō-dō 芭蕉堂) in his honour in 1783. Among his main pupils was the poet Sakurai Baishitsu.

Haiku by Takakuwa Rankō

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halF nestleD [naviarhaiku565]

Using the sound of the Ford KA right indicator to create a piece in BespokeSynth. See the accompanying video and download the patch to play with yourself from YouTube at https://youtu.be/70JQ0UMMtXs

More on the 670th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Right of Way — The Assignment: Music for turn signals — at https://disquiet.com/0670/

visuals & patch

halF indicatioN [disquiet0670]

This is an auto-generated piece made in BespokeSynth. It will go on forever, providing a chilled backing and/or something for work or study etc. See the accompanying video and download the patch to play with yourself from YouTube at https://youtu.be/xXu5KyWEr_k

halF geigeR

Check out the accompanying visuals at https://youtu.be/NDGbNK0vAmc ... Enjoy! 🤗😁

telegraph pole
toppled down by
the tempest

Regarded as the father of contemporary haiku, Masaoka Shiki was a poet and literary critic during the Meiji period Japan.

He advocated realistic observation by “sketching” (shasei) poems and going out into nature with notebooks, thus abandoning the traditional subjects of haiku of the time. His advice for an aspiring poet was, “Use both imaginary pictures and real ones, but prefer the real ones.”

Haiku by Masaoka Shiki: https://mypoeticside.com/poets/masaoka-shiki-poems

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visuals (YouTube)

halF tempesT [naviarhaiku566]

Enter the danger zone! ... See the accompanying visuals and download the patch at https://youtu.be/wNy9nG9AaQU ... Create your own version of a volatile bytebeat atmos in VCV Rack! 😁

More on the 671st weekly Disquiet Junto project, In the Air Tonight — The Assignment: Make an atmosphere of your own — at https://disquiet.com/0671/

halF volatilE [disquiet0671]

Enjoy the accompanying visuals at https://youtu.be/g5eOaExNtYo

Above my head -
The burning summer sky,
Begging and walking.
 

Haiku featured in the collection "Fire on the Mountain: the Selected Haiku of a Wandering Zen Monk Taneda Santôka". Japanese, and English translated by Hisashi Miura and James Green.

A wandering poet and ascetic Zen priest, Santōka was a disciple of Ogiwara Seisensui, one of the first poets to discard the traditional use of the 5-7-5 structure in haiku.

Santōka’s poetry emphasizes the necessity of sabi (solitude) in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment and serenity.

Haiku by Santoka Taneda: https://www.chzc.org/Nonin.htm

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halF burninG [naviarhaiku567]

Welcome to halF unusuaL, an evolving project inspired by the playful spirit of ‘hai’ (meaning “fun” or “unusual” in the word haiku). Here, improvisation meets the unexpected, exploring the boundary between music and non-music to shape soundscapes that feel familiar yet foreign. Listen freely, explore deeply, and if you’d like to see these sounds come to life, stop by the YouTube channel. Thank you for joining the journey! Your support helps keep this soundworld spinning. 🥰

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