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Guimaraes, Portugal, a few years ago.

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Guimaraes, Portugal, a few years ago.

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Some years ago, HK.

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I received Michael Boiano’s tanka collection Autumn Garden last Thursday and was astonished at the quality of this book. The edition is simply exquisite. Not only is the reader given Boiano’s memorable tankas, the book also contains background photos by Jumy-M that shadow Michael’s words. If you are looking for a unique gift to give a book lover, here is one I highly recommend. You won’t be disappointed.

Btw, Michael Boiano and Jumy-M both have been members of the tumblr community for years. Their blogs can be found at journalofanobody.tumblr.com & jumy-m.tumblr.com.

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Normally I do not reblog any posts on my private blog.  But since I have helped to create this book, I feel entitled to.  It was an honour to work with Michael and the other contributors to edit and create this book, and to share his/their work with all of you.  I always loved Michael’s poetry, which is minimalist, thoughtful and surprising, and thought the combination with photography worked very well.  I hope this won’t be the last book we’re going to make together!

My book is now in Australia thanks to my friend Michael in Sydney--that's four continents so far! ;-) He's been a long-time supporter of my poetry here and it's been a long and at times difficult journey getting this book into his hands. His encouragement of this project each step of the way helped to make it possible and, for this, I am forever grateful.

For anyone else who would like to order this little book, you can get it here:

Amazon and Amazon Japan (https://www.amazon.com/Autumn-Garden-collection-Michael-Boiano)

The Book Depository Free delivery worldwide on all books from Book Depository

And Kinokuniya (Shinjuku Tokyo and Bangkok)

And if anyone orders it, please do send me a photo of yourself holding it. I don't get to meet readers in person, so these photos mean a lot to me.

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Some thoughts that came too late

I haven’t been posting for a while.  For various reasons, some personal, some related to the platform.  Tumblr is no longer what it used to be.  Far from it.  More ads, no artistic nudes.  I am not asking for porn, but I hope to find art.  But hey, art has been inspired by nudity for millennia, both female and male.  Maybe even ten(s of) millennia.  And here we find ourselves banning it.  We might think we progress, but if this is progress I find myself lost.  Utterly lost.  Perversion, to me, is turning art into something it never wanted to be. 

The world is evolving, I know that.  We’re no longer in the 60′s or 70′s when I grew up.  We should be critical, but at the same time appreciate the beauty of life.  I feel more and more that we lost the latter.  But I know it’s too late to turn the tide.

#lost

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Tainan, Taiwan, 2008.

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Hengchun, Taiwan, 2018.

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Hengchun, Taiwan, 2018.

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Composition in grey.  Hengchun, Taiwan, 2018.

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This day and age

I had wanted to write something about my current project, of which I have been posting some images recently.  But I don’t feel, in this day and age, that it has any relevance.  In fact I just feel desperation, about the fact that humanity seems incapable of solving the problems it has created for itself.  I don’t have to name them, the list would be too long.  Buried deep in our minds, we all know what to do to survive, I think.  When will we start doing it?

2022/03/07:  today I read this on CNN: “ As a commander of US Army troops that defeated the Nazi regime in Germany 77 years ago, Gen. Omar Bradley knew a lot about war. Three years after the Second World War ended, he warned, "The world has achieved brilliance without wisdom, power without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living."”.  Still true :-(

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So here we find ourselves II.  Taiwan, 2016.

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So here we find ourselves. Taiwan, 2016.

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Composition in grey.  Taiwan, 2015.

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Taiwan, 2006.

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