Saturday, November 13, 2010

Santoka Taneda


"Haiku is not a shriek, a howl, a sigh, or a yawn; rather, it is the deep breath of life."












Japanese Haiku Poet 


1882 - 1940














What is your painting, your story, your dance, or your song?  Is it a shriek?  A howl? A sigh? A yawn?  Or is it the deep breath of life?  As creative leaders we need to be creating art that produces the deep breath of life.  Art that is just a shriek or a howl leaves people feeling empty.  Art that is a sigh or a yawn puts people to sleep.  Our art needs to come from deep within and we need to breathe into it the breath of life .