The primary focus of PhotoHaiku Arts is on the intuitive relationship between photographic images and haiku poetry. A secondary focus is on the inner activity of an outward stillness, our calmness communing with that in nature, or as Basho so perfectly put it "the mutual transference of subjective selves." For example, my subjective self and that of a rose moving in diffuse light willingly exchange inner selves thus enriching the experience of both.

In the subtle spiritual relationship between man and nature, a sometimes sudden illumination breaks forth. What is this illumination? When are they real illuminations? How can you tell? What does it feel like? Only the individual knows. Why does it happen sometimes out of the blue? A small effect on one person is a transcendent lift for another. And, departing from your Self to your subject of focus: How much of your mind can you give without losing it? Such questions form, in part, the basis of my current work. The other questions I'm still trying to formulate so that the answers will be meaningful and, if I'm lucky, insightful.

Also: photographed and wrote manuscript of photohaiku Tossed Pebbles (in submission). Publication in Mainichi Daily News (Haiku section), Tokyo. Publication in Haiku Canada. Winner 3rd place Interactive Photo-Haiku/World Haiku Club for photograph. Award-winning haiku at Daichuji Temple in Japan. Photographed and wrote miniature book PetalLumière (production of limited edition by Jean Day Miniatures). PhotoHaiku publication in World Haiku Review #4.