In principle, Ikebana aims not at bringing a finite piece of nature into the house, but rather at suggesting the whole of nature, by creating a link between the indoors and the outdoors.
They are floral poems.
It started with a one-line sketch…
which just bloomed
and then became.
(day 15)
At The Helm by © Lisa Rivas (day 16)
Finding Land by © Lisa Rivas (day 17)
Drizzling Flowerets by © Lisa Rivas (day 18)
Knowing about Spring by © Lisa Rivas (day 19)
Flirting Around by © Lisa Rivas (day 20)
In Japan the art of arranging flowers is elevated to the status of kado—the “Way of flowers.”
Through these Ways or Do forms, the Japanese have sought to realize the Way of living itself.
They have approached the universal through the particular.”
― H.E. Davey, Japanese Yoga: The Way of Dynamic Meditation
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