http://suisekiart.com/2008/05/02/the-struggle/ by Mas Nakajima and Janet Roth Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:01:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://suisekiart.com/2008/05/02/the-struggle/#comment-699 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:24:02 +0000 http://suisekiart.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/the-struggle/#comment-699 [...] you look back at The Struggle, Mas feels that he got lost by trying too hard to make the finished piece “fine art”, [...]

]]> http://suisekiart.com/2008/05/02/the-struggle/#comment-391 Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:47:00 +0000 http://suisekiart.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/the-struggle/#comment-391 The stone is very nice and is strongly suggestive of a wave. I’m picturing the stone tilted upward about 60 degrees, in a dark-stained dai. I think it would nicely capture the feel of Hokusai’s wave that way. It could be considered an object stone (wave), albeit not traditional.

]]> http://suisekiart.com/2008/05/02/the-struggle/#comment-333 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:08:47 +0000 http://suisekiart.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/the-struggle/#comment-333 [...] Alternatively, he could just simply make a daiza by filling up the space under the stone.  But this would result in a big wood wall in the front – sort of repeating the problem I discussed in The Struggle. [...]

]]> http://suisekiart.com/2008/05/02/the-struggle/#comment-212 Fri, 02 May 2008 15:52:41 +0000 http://suisekiart.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/the-struggle/#comment-212 Thanks for telling this story.

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