It’s ‘Haiku my Heart Friday’ and last week I tried something different…
It all had to do with the FEATURING store that went online.
Not only can people order the magazine, they also can buy a square inch space
on the back cover of the magazine – and this is where my idea came from.
The information says that you should send in ‘art inchies’ only
because it is almost impossible to read text on a square inch.
Yes, I know the info says that, I wrote that myself!
But…
… what about haiku?
Haiku doesn’t have much words.
Would that work?
So I experimented a bit.
See what I did.
..
I wrote my weekly haiku and I put the poem on the photo.
In English, the last sentence doesn’t have the right amount of syllables.
In Dutch it does.
Zeemeeuw op de pier
op een grauwe, grijze dag
snavel in de wind
OK, nice.
Now scale it to a square inch and see what happens.
Hm.
Not readable, indeed.
I don’t give up easily, so I tried only text.
Black on white.
Would that work?
Hahaaa… yes – on the screen it works.
What about printing this one in the right size.
See for yourself (click on the photo to enlarge)
Conclusion: if you put just a few words in black on white,
readable text CAN be printed on a square inch!
This offers prospects for the ones among you that don’t make art, but
would like to buy an ‘inchie’ and see their haiku in print on the back cover
of the magazine. How nice is that?
For more haiku and photos: visit the list of participants on
Recuerda Mi Corazon
For information about FEATURING magazine: visit
www.featuringmagazine.com
For more sunshine: come on over to the Netherlands today.
I can be find in my small back garden, enjoying this lovely Spring day.
I serve coffee, tea and (in case you arrive late) chilled white wine.
Count your blessings and enjoy the weekend dear ones!
So exciting about your mag!! And loving the haiku this week!!
Love your photo and haiku ~ Interesting mag experimenting ~ inchies are fun ~ thanks, namaste, Carol ~ Happy Weekend ^_^
Would love to drop by. It’s lovely here today, too. Spring flowers are in bloom but I fear much too soon they will be gone! Have a wonderful weekend!
good morning marit!
oh i love your haiku idea! the change of scale in your lettering gives great voice to the tensie haiku!
bravo for including those who paint in words!
Beautifully bleak haiku, after reading the translation I almost imagine I could have understood “snavel in de wind” 🙂
That’s cool and I like your haiku in the inchie!
I love your creativity!
Definitely a hardy seagull.
I see a bit of the Analyzer in you, maybe? Love that you figured this out for us.
Wat schrijf je toch altijd leuke blogposts, Marit. Vooral dat laatste stukje met de uitnodiging bracht een smile on my face! Klinkt aantrekkelijk, een glaasje witte wijn bij jou… Helaas, te laat, zit al helemaal afgeschminkt in m’n ponnetje en dat wil ik je niet aandoen, lol. Drink jij die van mij dan maar op 😉
Inderdaad, Lena en jij hebben precies hetzelfde accent! Ik vrees dat je daar niet meer van afkomt 😉 Zo leuk om haar ineens voor m’n neus te zien staan!!
Wens je een heel fijn weekend!!
XXXJenneke
I don’t think you are up now… but I would love a glass of that chilled white wine! I love your haiku in Dutch and English, that beak to the wind… says a lot and has wonderful symbolism! But where you take it… to that tiny square inch, is fabulous and gives all new meaning to teensie-eensie-weensie words… XO
I love your poem – both with the photo and without! Enjoy your garden!
“Beak to the wind” I like that. Featuring sounds very interesting to me. I’m gonna have to check that out. Tea or coffee in your small back garden must be very lovely. Very inviting 🙂 Have a nice weekend.
A delight!
And I look forward the the magazine!!!
Beautiful haiga!
I think this is brilliant and ingenious! Lovely haiku, and fun to see the connection between revealed by the birds in our work this week.
Hi Marit…Im back again..and you popped up in my reader..it wasnt working for the longest time..and then my blog went down, now all is fixed..How are you..Love your Haiku and the image that you used…so peaceful and serene..Im going over to check out the mag now..Talk to you soon…!
Oh wow the mag is fantastic.. Im thinking about sending an inchie.. I will read more .. I want to get the first issue… Wooo Hoo… it looks fabulous..!
I like the haiga…beak to the wind is lovely line
Geweldig idee… een haiku op ee inchie!! Ziet er heel leuk uit zo met die verschillende formaten van de letters!!
En ik denk dat Jenneke gelijk heeft meis…. al denken wij nog zo abn te praten…. onze Zeeuwse roots blijven hoorbaar…. Mag ook best, toch??
Hallo Marit, wat is het elke keer weer leuk om je blog te lezen. Je bent erg inventief bezig geweest met je teeny-weeny haiku idee. Leuk hoor … zou prachtig staan aan de mmur. Haiku is niet alleen het vers zelf maar ook de ruimte eromheen. Die leegte spreekt mij erg aan in je teen-weeny haiku idee.
Well done Marit, love this.
I will be there for a glass of wine, soon.
mooie haiku weer en wat een prachtige foto! ook dezelfde haiku op een inchie met alleen letters vind ik super, vooral door de verschillende letter formaten!
fijne zondag!
I will be right over…I plan to be late, since I prefer the wine!!
I cannot wait to see the first issue Marit!!! I am indeed sick this weekend but slowly on the mend. Love the seagull pic too!!
De oneindige mogelijkheden van een inchie gecombineerd met de onbegrensde mogelijkheden van de haiku. Leuk!
Hoewel ik de foto van de zeemeeuw bij de haiku ook wel érg cool vind.
Succes met alles waar je mee bezig bent!
love the teenie weenie!!!
I know a lot about doing the wrong size!!!!!