I just looked at your website and really liked it. I especially like the haiku you choose:
you might be really cold
never make yourself warm
the snow Buddha I really loved your artwork. There is a real original style that is fresh and to the point. "After my farewell" was my favorite though I also liked the one where you used Masaoka Shiki's haiku. I will return again for further comments

stanford.forrester,

(editor of bottle rockets and the NE-Metro Regional Coordinator of the Haiku Society of America,)
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You've done a nice job. I particularly like the refreshingly new treatment of the poem about the butterfly fast asleep on the temple bell ---brilliant!

Sincerely,

Michael Welch
(editor of *Tundra: The Journal of the Short Poem*)
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Thank you so very much for sharing your posters with me. The quality of their originality and depth is fascinating, offering many levels of meaning for the astute viewer. You are an artist with remarkable talent. My favorite one is "between the grasses," because even without the accompanying haiku, I would have found layers of meaning in the illustration. To me, it's a wonderful metaphor. I interpret it as something new and pure and natural emerging from a tangle of worthless, ugly, earth-scarring artifacts. A bloom in a junkyard. Something bright and beautiful from darkness and despair. An optimistic view of how badly man has damaged the earth. A ray of light at the end of the tunnel. A promise of continuity. And I feel tempted to personify--the flower seems to be looking around, taking a wide-eyed first look at its surroundings--not to say, oh my, I can't survive here--but to say instead, oh my, there's a lot of work to be done here, I'd better call all my friends :). So, I like this one best because you've allowed me to interpret it in a meaningful way that gives me a sense of hope and optimism.
Best wishes,

Ferris Gillli
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