Autumn is the season of harvest.  Everybody enjoys the pleasure of being epicureans, including horses.  Kidai is the centuries old list of peoples’ experiences.

Many books have been written about the inner joy of making Haiku.  Among them,        Horin Matsuhisa is one of Japan’s leading wood sculptors, specializing in the Buddha’s image.  Many of his works are appointed as cultural assset of Japan.                                  One of his Haiku tell us what is the true “way” of making Haiku.

木の中の仏迎へる鑿の技　　　　朋琳　　　　　　　　                                                                      (Ki-no naka-no  hotoke mukaeru nomi-no waza)

from the deep of wood                                                                                                                        I welcome Buddha himself                                                                                                             for the art of chisel                         Horin

According to him, the image of the Buddha is already exists in any selected piece of wood (natural material).     An artist’s work is only to chisel off the outer waste.    Michael Angelo must have seen the image of his art in the natural mass of marbles even before he set to it his first chisel also.   He said “I saw the angel in the stone and I carved until I set him free”.