okay, i can't resist. apologies in advance for my two versions:
with my summer breath
beautiful shakuhachi
only makes a hiss
-- and --
hot d. c. summer
this beautiful flute rests here
waiting for my breath
-j
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 09:03:08PM +0000, Reid . wrote:
> Aiko's e-mail seemed almost like a haiku. I therefore tweaked it a lit=
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> to make it slightly closer to the form:
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> Beautiful shakuhachi,
> Melting summer breath =96
> Too bad I can=92t produce a sound
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> I didn't attempt to follow the 5-7-5 rule because the languages are jus=
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> different. However, I tried to introduce the season word. I used summ=
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> because in the earlier e-mail Aiko mentioned "melting in hot D.C." Per=
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> someone can take my incompetent start and improve it (and teach me in t=
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> process).
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Aiko Ichimura" <aikop@erols.com>
> Reply-To: Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu
> To: <Shakuhachi@communication.ucsd.edu>
> Subject: Chikuzan
> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 01:49:29 -0400
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> Re: Report: Tokyo Shakuhachi SummitMr. Seldin,
> Thank you for the information.
> It looks very beautiful. Too bad I can't produce a sound.
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> Aiko Ichimura
> aikop@erols.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ronnie Nyogetsu Seldin
> To: Bruce Jones
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 1:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Report: Tokyo Shakuhachi Summit
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> Hi all,
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> I have seen a shakuhachi with a maker stamp "Chikuzan (bamboo=20
> mountain). Is it a known maker? Does anyone have experience using a Chi=
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> Shakuhachi?
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> Thank you for your attention.
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> Melting in hot DC,
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> Aiko Ichimura
> aikop@erols.com
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> Yes. I have sold CHIKUZAN flutes (not to be confused with CHIKUZEN, =
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> teacher of Shugetsu, and Tom Deaver). They are both excellent makers.
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> Ronnie
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