Let haiku be on the UNESCO list!
Here is a letter of support of the campaign from Mr. Andrej Zbašnik, Čabar, Croatia.
The former half is written in English, and the latter half in Croatia.
We sincerely wish to appreciate and share it with each other.
HAIKU IS A STATE OF MIND
I have been writing haiku for about three years. Until now I’ve collected about thousand of these poems. For me, haiku represents a spiritual substance, materialization of spiritual insight.
Haiku helps me to transform the energetic frequentations within me and through me in a better way, makes me more successful in awaking of emotions and thus, feeling better.
Yes, if read, haiku changes society. His multilayer aesthetic and metaphysical power may be of positive influence to a single and collective state of consciousness. In his minimalistic form, haiku sums poetical – philosophical essence of a certain problem and experience which it expresses. Haiku can of course change perception and refer to the problems, but his basic strength is in his ability of creating a strong spiritual message. Fluent and legible, haiku is able to summarize and express the essence of certain way of perception of cosmic reality and its energetic drifts, and as such, function constructively and positively at forming of collective and individual conscience. Haiku changes and evolves world and moves it towards truth and freedom.
Andrej Zbašnik (1976), professor of visual arts, Čabar, Croatia
HAIKU JE STANJE
Pisanjem haikua bavim se otprilike tri godine. Do sada sam ih napisao više od tisuću. Haiku za mene predstavlja jednu duhovnu supstancu, odnosno materijalizaciju duhovnih uvida. Pomaže mi da na kvalitetniji način transformiram energetske frekvencije u sebi i kroz sebe, da bolje i uspješnije osvješćujem emocije i da se bolje osjećam. Da, haiku mijenja društvo, odnosno ako se haiku čita, njegova višeslojna estetska i metafizička moć može pozitivno utjecati na pojedinačno i kolektivno stanje svijesti. Haiku u svojoj minimalnoj formi sažima poetsko – filozofsku bit određenog problema i doživljaja koji izražava. Haiku svakako može mijenjati percepciju i upućivati na probleme, ali njegova osnovna moć je u sposobnosti stvaranja snažne duhovne poruke. Pitak i čitak, haiku je u stanju sažeti i izraziti esenciju određenog sagledavanja kozmičke zbilje i njenih energetskih strujanja te kao takav konstruktivno i pozitivno djelovati na formiranje kolektivne i individualne svijesti. Haiku mijenja i evoluira svijet i pokreće ga prema istini i slobodi.
Andrej Zbašnik
Akita International Haiku Network 