save the Blue Tier
♫ haiku day ♫
Tasmanian Living Writers Week 2006 - 19 August
With the reading of short poems on the theme of wind or water,
'kaze', 'mizu' in Japanese or 'feng sui' in Chinese,
blending with the soundscape of Kodama Forest, Blue Tier celebrated
the creative inspirations gained from the natural world and expressed
conservation commitment across culture.
More than 50 wind bells (Japanese furin, some of them were
donated by Mizusawa City) with hanging poems were displayed in Kodama
- a place of cross-cultural collaboration where a Japanese water harp (suikinkutsu) was
installed recently as a symbol of friendship and commitment. With the
suikinkutsu we hear the sound of water, with furin
the sound of wind and with poetry reading, we co-create the windscape
of kodama.
Thanks to Arts@Work through Arts Tasmania and Tasmanian Regional Arts for their generous support of this cross cultural project for Living Writers Week 2006.
[click on images for larger versions]
 Kumi and Lorraine started threading the bells the previous day - here they are working in the Blue Tier caravan. |
 Followed by suspending them beween trees surrounding the suikinkutsu |
 Tony Goodfellow, who has become our regular MC |
 Kumi Kato, who organized the event and obtained the bells from her hometown in Japan |
 Gloria Andrews representing the Meenamata Tribe welcoming visitors to the Blue Tier |
 Lila Meleisea providing music |
 And now for a word from our sponsor: Lillian Wong from Arts Tasmania - Arts@Work |
 Mimori Ishikawa |
 Kotaro Kake and Tatsuro Amano helping prepare lunch after the poetry session |
 Group photo of visitors with locals |
