Haiku-Slammed

[GhostWay]

<i><span style='color:#800'>Post removed. I can't seem to read....<br><br>--GhostWay</span></i>

[Henohenomoheji]

...but... it was always "Senryu-slammed", wasn't it?<br><br><br>...Are you sure it origionally read "Haiku-slammed"?<br><br>...I don't think I'd miss something like that. Wait. Yes I do.<br><br><br>Edit: What the? Thanks for editing your post so people have no idea what I'm talking about <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo-->

[GhostWay]

Well, steve already mentioned it a few posts back. The page did indeed read "haiku-slammed" when it was put up.

[Dr. Doog]

yes, i was up at 3:30 EST, i saw it.

[Ozymandias]

Millie may have grown broader for some reason (hell, my drawings vary so much more than a little thing like that. I wouldn't go assuming these are intentional changes), but Ozy looks the same, and Milly is yet to sprout a belly.

[Nyss]

I really don't feel comfortable saying this... but....<br><br><br><br>OWNED!!!1!!

[Steve the Pocket]

I don't know if I'm the first to notice this, and I also don't know why this is the first time I noticed it, but Ozy's hair looks like Harry Potter's scar. In this strip, at least.

[Ruedii-X]

<!--QuoteBegin-Ozymandias+Jan 24 2005, 05:40 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Ozymandias @ Jan 24 2005, 05:40 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Millie may have grown broader for some reason (hell, my drawings vary so much more than a little thing like that. I wouldn't go assuming these are intentional changes), but Ozy looks the same, and Milly is yet to sprout a belly. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Her posture changes are resemblent of my recent posture changes, which is very weird, as I've never met DC Simpson in person, even though I'm probably one of his top fans on the Internet.<br><br>However, I also noted DC Simpson's posture to be much like mine in his photos, so he may be drawing from himself. (After all, if he's at all like me, it's more his "Millie side" that makes him stand with wider posture.)<br><br>I don't personally see her sprouting a belly, she seems to be drawn wide sholdered, not chubby.

[Burning Sheep Productions]

Ya know, I think Ozy and Millie are already growing up into those pics of them as teenagers. Cuz Millie is getting that "Wait. What?" look and Ozy's starting to smile and do stuff like in this strip more...

[Ruedii-X]

<!--QuoteBegin-GhostWay+Jan 24 2005, 05:07 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (GhostWay @ Jan 24 2005, 05:07 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> <i><span style='color:#800'>Post removed. I can't seem to read....<br><br>--GhostWay</span></i> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br> Glad I'm not the only one *Smirk*

[Phauxe Kitsune]

heheheheheheh, good point <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--><br><br>And yeah, this strip is awesome.

[Arloest]

This strip makes me laugh! This definately goes down as a classic in my book.

[Ruedii-X]

<!--QuoteBegin-Ozymandias+Jan 24 2005, 12:45 PM--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Ozymandias @ Jan 24 2005, 12:45 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> SENRYU<br><br>A senryu is a three line Japanese poem structurally similar to haiku. It is unrhymed and the subject is based human nature. It is usually satirical or ironic.<br># line 1 - 5 syllables<br># line 2 - 7 syllables<br># line 3 - 5 syllables<br><br>HAIKU<br><br>A haiku is an unrhymed 17 syllable poem of Japanese origin. It usually has a seasonal reference.The structure is:<br><br>line 1 - 5 syllables<br>line 2 - 7 syllables<br>line 3 - 5 syllables<br><br>Well, I learned something new today <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... /smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo--><br><br>Nice strip, DCS! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br>Here's a good one I wrote for a friend who wanted an example of Zen argumentation (Zen is full of oxymorons, isn't it.)<br><br>It's a perfect example of an advice giving argumentative Senryu:<br><br>It takes far less time<br>to keep a bridge from burning<br>Than to rebuild it.<br><br>I should post it in my scrapbook on my art page to show I don't just make depressed punk-esk writing.<br><br>--run spill chicken

[GhostWay]

Zen is not full of oxymorons, Ruedii. Several zen phrases sound like "clever nonsense" when translated and taken out of context. <br><br>From the Wikpedia entry on <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen#.22Zen ... op-culture' target='_blank'>Zen</a>:<br><!--QuoteBegin-Wikipedia+--> <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'><b>Quote:</b> (Wikipedia)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Many modern students have made the mistake of thinking that since much of Zen sounds like nonsense, especially in translation and out of context, any clever nonsense is also Zen. This is not the case, but see Discordianism and the Church of the SubGenius for modern semiserious religions influenced by this idea. The Expressionist and Dada movements and art tend to have much in common thematically with study of koans and actual Zen.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table> <!--QuoteEEnd--><br><br>This is essentially what "Zen" is in Ozy & Millie - clever nonsense, derived from existing Zen phrases.

[Muninn]

Then of course Chinese is very different from English, it is less rigid than English and there are very few formal or grammatical structures. The classical Chinese word does not stand for a single concrete idea, but it evokes associations of different ideas and things. Quite a few Chinese words can be used as nouns, adjectives and verbs at the same time. Thus sentences composed of various signs have a sort of suggestive power, evoking emotions, ideas, and pictures.<br><br>It is almost impossible to render an ancient Chinese text properly in English without losing some part. Different translations may appear as completely different texts. In order to understand the original text fully it is helpful to read various translations that consummate each other. The alternative is, of course, to learn Chinese.