Inspired by the theme at
This will be a difficult one ... how to write a haiku (or a few) on paradox it's such a abstract word. I have to struggle a little with this one I think, but I will publish a new haiku for today's September Heights.
What is a paradox? It's a contradiction e.g.:
A taste for paradox is central to the philosophies of Laozi, Heraclitus, Meister Eckhart, Hegel, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche, among many others. Søren Kierkegaard, for example, writes, in the Philosophical Fragments:
[...] that one must not think ill of the paradox, for the paradox is the passion of thought, and the thinker without the paradox is like the lover without passion: a mediocre fellow. But the ultimate potentiation of every passion is always to will its own downfall, and so it is also the ultimate passion of the understanding to will the collision, although in one way or another the collision must become its downfall. This, then, is the ultimate paradox of thought: to want to discover something that thought itself cannot think [...] (Source: Wikipedia)
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| Source: Escher's Paradox |
stairs going up and down
on the same time
what's a paradox?
thoughts without thinking
on the same time
what's a paradox?
haiku is for sure a paradox
different images
different images
seen through readers eyes
haiku paradox
Not so strong I think, but ... I loved writing these series of haiku on paradox.
indeed. sometimes different readers will take away opposite messages from the same haiku. paradox for sure!
ReplyDeleteI think the challenge of haiku is write it, NOT in abstract form. I like that you use the stairs, going up and down to illustrate the point ~
ReplyDeleteI love your inspiration. M C Escher is great for today
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed these as a meditation on paradox - I think it needed several haiku to do the prompt justice.
ReplyDeleteexcellent examples of paradox....the stairs haiku and image were perfect together, and the second made me think about how amazing that we all have 'thought without thinking'...
ReplyDeleteThoughts without thinking! Now that is a PERFECT paradox. Brrrrrrrrrrriliant.
ReplyDeleteEscher was an excellent start off point.
ReplyDeleteWonderful set on a tough prompt! I especially love second one!
ReplyDeleteI, too, like the line "thoughts without thinking". Your set is excellent today...
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ReplyDeleteseen through readers eyes
haiku paradox
this is exactly what is happening with me on september heights...well done
Yes, this is a tough one to write haiku on as it is an abstract word. But I can see that you are inspired to have come up with 4 haiku!
ReplyDeleteLiked how you explored 'paradox' through your haiku.
ReplyDeleteGreat set of haiku
ReplyDeleteExcellent haiku.. Very poetic..:-)
ReplyDeleteYou all make me blush with your kind, uplifting words.
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