Summer Painted Poem Gallery : * BAMBOO SPRING*

 
TAKEDA means Bamboo Field
Where I brought up was the north of northern island Hokkaido
So despite the name, I had never seen fresh bamboo growing from the earth.
When I was first time in Nara
I saw the green bamboos
a big bamboo forest
 tall bamboo heads pushing and looking up the sky
the sky seemed small and far away
I did not know how bamboo bends against the wind
such comforting sound it can make
It reminded me of a long past time

Apparently
Bamboo can live
straight
strong
high
and can change like
hard or soft
always preferred good humidity
never like an extreme dryness 


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                                                         ©RIE TAKEDA

BAMBOO SPRING　　竹ノ情水

 

君のため

深く　温かい　泉となる

 

For you

I shall become a deep and warm oasis

 

Bamboo Spring　竹ノ情水
Japanese ink and Gouache on handmade paper, 70x90cm
2008 
RIE TAKEDA