Word and image for October

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Here is the scene (chrysanthemum viewing) for October from my 1901 Japanese woodblock calendar. Coincidentally, karadin used the same Gackt image for a Word and Image post here on 6th September; happily Gackt’s pose lends itself to numerous interpretations!

Please click on the image to see the full size and to save your eyes from squinting if you want to read the poem, another classical Japanese haiku, this time from the 18th century:

Comments

[karadin.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting! ;D

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

I've got this and Nov set up in advance cos I'm away soon so I was very tickled when you landed on the same adaptable image! It's an uncharactistic angle for Gackt to present to the camera but it's certainly very usable.

[eclatc4t.livejournal.com]

there is something so slyly funny about this. G looks like a biker-sprite, considering mayhem.
just his style.

thanks for the delectable combination.

[wongkk.livejournal.com]

Y, he does look a bit like a biker Ariel, now you mention it! In fact, I reckon he's set up a practical joke (like a water-squirt in the flowers) and is watching out of sight to enjoy the fun.

I was also tickled that the font I use for these pieces turned "ghostly" into "ghastly"! Unintended but amusing.