from Cricket Songs: Japanese Haiku Translated by Harry Behn, Harcourt-Brace, 1964
via: stopping off place

Question: What is that he is beating on?

It’s a gourd drum. The drum represents the heartbeat of the deer.
Listen.
When the drum beats, it brings the deer to life.
We believe the water the drum sits in is holy. It is life.
Go ahead, touch it.
Bless yourself with it.
It is holy. You are safe now.

― Ofelia Zepeda, Deer Dance Exhibition 

Photo by Larry Pannell 'Half Dome Buck' 

“Poetry = Anger x Imagination”

― Sherman Alexie, One Stick Song

leanne simpson – broken berries

via: http://asusjournal.org/

A Portrait of Ga

a beautiful short film by margaret tait