Concerning Austerity and Creativity 1 Inspirations for Ikebana In austerity Japanese are amateurs. In Australia the outback is one giant ikebana arrangement. 2 Ikebana Dreaming If austerity alone inspired such beauty, Aborigines would have dreamed ikebana long before the Japanese. Andrew Lansdown The Daylight Fox 1 Taking the Shot Aiming at the fox down the barrel of my lens, I grieved it was not down the barrel of my gun. Still, I shot it on the run. 2 Taking the Blame If with my rifle I had gone out rather than with my camera the fox I saw would…
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Andrew Lansdown: ‘Concerning Austerity and Creativity’ and ‘The Daylight Fox’
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