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Filix possesses nothing but his own shadow. He moves and acts spontaneously from his nature and without purpose, he has become one with the Universe: “Look snail, look, O look, at your own shadow.” — Issa.

Haiku is a Japanese poetry form that originally evoked a moment in nature consisting of seventeen syllables in a five-seven-five pattern. Issa (1762-1826) was a poet of nature, who wrote about a thousand haiku on small creatures in nature including snails, frogs, fireflies, and fleas. His work demonstrates an empathy, gentleness, deep feeling and oneness with nature.

“Just simply alive, I and the poppy.” – Issa. Design by Meredith Eliassen, 2015.