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Walking Harmoniously blog posts are a photograph and haiku, and an occasional a haibun, that express moments in daily life. The haiku is not on the photographic image as with a traditional haiga (maybe a later exploration), but below the photograph as a hand written expression.
The photographs and Haiku/Haibun pairings are an exploration of our relationship with nature as we are right here in it, right where we live.
They are moments from daily life. Most of the photographs are taken when out walking around my home or not far from it.
Quotes:
“Poetry is a return to nature: to our own nature, to each thing, and to that of all things. Of these three, the first is the most difficult for modern man, to go back to the unreasoning, superstitious past, to feel as an animal or how a plant feels…”
–R. H. Blythe
“It is hard to even begin to gauge how much a complication of possessions, the notions of ‘my and mine,’ stand between us and a true, clear, liberated way of seeing the world. To live lightly on the earth, to be aware and alive, to be free of egotism, to be in contact with plants and animals, starts with concrete acts…”
–Gary Snyder
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Joe Pallen
Joe lives in Pullman Washington with is wife Melissa. Joe and Melissa enjoy the outdoors. They like to garden and prepare meals from their garden’s generous gifts. They enjoy morning and evening walks in the neighborhood and longer hikes on local trails. Their work in the garden and the daily walks serve as inspiration for the photography and photo-haiku blog, please enjoy.