Jeff Meller
25 Sept 13
Over the wintry
forest, winds howl in rage
with no leaves to blow.
by Soseki (1275-1351)
Commentary
To residents of climates with deciduous trees, Soseki evokes a common winter landscape: bare, grey, sapless branches, jagged against a winter sky. The wind, which in the summer would gently rustle leaves, in winter has no leaves to rustle. The wind is frustrated… and howls its frustration. If there were no branches and leaves, wind would not make any sound at all. Air molecule brushing air molecule makes no noise. Wind and forests and leaves are partners in sound.
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