Autumn is the season of harvest.  Everybody enjoy the pleasure of being epicureans, including horses.  Kidai are the concentrated list of century old peoples’ experiences.     Many books have been written about the inner joy of making Haiku.  Among them,        Horin Matsuhisa is a Japan’s leading wood sculptors, specialized in Buddha’s image.  Many of his work are appointed as cultural asset of Japan.  One of his Haiku tell us what is the true attitude of making Haiku.

That Haiku reads:

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 Buddha is already existing in my selected wood (natural material).     An artist’s work is only to chisel them off the outer waste.    Michael Angelo must seen the image of his art in the natural mass of marbles even before he set his first chisel.