After the shower
Amongst the drenched roses
The bird thrashing in the bath
American novelist and poet of French-Canadian descent Jack Kerouac wrote that Haiku many moons ago to express emotion and imagery. This blend of image and emotion is the basis for a one-night-only exhibition of artwork from artist Norma Trimborn paired with a selection on the most original Haikus written by 11 island budding poets.
The public exhibition is set for Saturday, May 12, in NOCO Art Studio’s Spider Garden in Terres-Basses on the French side starting at 5:30pm. Groove to the Spider Jam with live music from 6:00pm. Barbeque and drinks will be on sale.
The event will serve as the prize-giving ceremony for the French-language newsletter FaxInfo Haiku Writing Competition. All Haikus were written in French. Winner will receive a prize from Normedia, Canon distributor on the French side.
Of the pairing of the poems and her “The Power of Imagination” artwork, artist Trimborn says, “I did not want to paint anything related to Irma as my approach to painting is that I sit in front of my canvas without intention and just start.”
Trimborn does not consciously select any topic or motive. “I simply do what I can to paint from within. I have to admit that my new abstract work all seem to reflect the experience of the storm and thereafter in one way or another and so are a good part of the Haikus submitted.”
Trimborn was born in Germany where she grew up and learned the basics of painting. She studied colour theory and composition at the Art School in Duesseldorf. She moved on to the People’s Republic of China to study the art of the brush with Master Wang Min Ping and Master Shu Ming at the University of Nanjing. Her pursuit of colour took her next to study with Rocky Hawkins in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Mina Rabbini of Great Neck, New York, and Charly Pasqualina in Roslyn, Long Island.
In 2001, Trimborn moved her studio to St. Martin where she is a well-known independent artist. She founded Noco Art Studio together with fellow artist and sister Corinna Trimborn.
Haiku is a very short form of Japanese poetry. The essence of haiku is “cutting” (in Japanese: kiru). This is often represented by the juxtaposition of two images or ideas and a kireji (“cutting word”) between them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment of separation and colours the manner in which the juxtaposed elements are related.
Traditional haiku consists of 17 on (also known as morae, though often loosely translated as “syllables”), in three phrases of 5, 7 and 5 on, respectively. (An alternative form of haiku consists of 11 on in three phrases of 3, 5 and 3 on, respectively.) The final element is a kigo (seasonal reference), usually drawn from a saijiki, an extensive but defined list of such terms.
