The Songs
Twenty-two songs, each built from thirty-three haiga already in the collection. The poems are never rewritten — only chosen and set in order, so that seventeen-syllable fragments lean on one another and become verses. Every song has its own page: the video, a note from the curator on the order, and each haiga in the sequence.
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No. 01 · 5:08
Memento Mori
Birth to death, in thirty-three breaths.
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No. 02 · 5:50
Love Is the Answer
A love story, from the beginning to whatever comes after.
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No. 03 · 4:27
Words, Sounds, and Silence
The artist’s life — the making, the doubt, the work.
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No. 04 · 5:19
The Name We Share
Family, carried across generations.
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No. 05 · 5:41
Silicon Minds
Humans and the machines we keep building.
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No. 06 · 5:24
One Night
Dusk to dawn, and everything the dark says.
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No. 07 · 4:34
In the Beginning
Creation to the end times.
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No. 08 · 4:31
One Year
The seasons, turning once all the way round.
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No. 09 · 5:38
Dig Two Graves
Revenge to forgiveness, with a spaghetti-western swagger.
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No. 10 · 4:43
The Hero of Your Own Life
The quest — the call, the road, the return.
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No. 11 · 4:41
Birds of a Feather
Friendship, and who shows up.
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No. 12 · 4:55
The Robe Stays Behind
The lawyer’s arc, from the bar to the bench — and what is left when the robe comes off.
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No. 13 · 5:33
One Breath
Stillness, held for as long as it will hold.
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No. 14 · 4:22
Curiosity Killed the Cat
The barnyard, and everything with four legs in it.
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No. 15 · 4:37
All Hallows’ Eve
Halloween, and the gallows humor of the dead.
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No. 16 · 5:16
The Burn Your Heart Needs
Burning Man, from arrival to Exodus — all Ten Principles in thirty-three haiga.
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No. 17 · 4:25
What Law Forgot
Equity: the quarrel, the bench, the maxims, conscience.
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No. 18 · 4:50
A Wise Person Learns
From fool to wisdom, ending on Socrates.
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No. 19 · 4:33
Hated for What You Are
The self, roaring out its own truth.
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No. 20 · 4:23
Spread All Around
Money and work, ending on service.
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No. 21 · 4:41
Life Is Simple
Expectations, released into contentment.
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No. 22 · 4:41
Haiga Feeds the Eyes
The zappai set — the poet laughing at the form.