Simple Ikebana

Practice simple Ikebana with flowers from my yard.

Used only three cuttings.

Even numbers are bad luck.  My mom especially did not ever use 4 which is “shi”.  Shi also can be used for the word death….

Simple Ikebana display

Ikebana, the art of observing nature.

Here is an ikebana display from my heart.

Simple ivy allowed to grow on its own path.  At one with nature, it is nature.

Reaching out on its own journey.

 

 

Ikebana displays from Hina Matsuri Festival

The traditional Japanese home will have a small alcove where seasonal art is displayed.

Ikebana, the art of observing nature is an example of treasured seasonal art.  The ikebana arrangement may be used in harmony with other works of art or alone.

Amazingly these different angles reveal totally different aspects of the same story.

The simple flower arrangement celebrates the beauty of subtraction.  Empty spaces reveal their secrets.

 

Does the mood of the arrangement begin with the container?  The color, the shape, the texture.  Or is it the relationship between the container, and each flower, leaf, branch and other elements of the arrangement that express the story of the artist?

The art of ikebana requires the artist to use all five senses.  Finding beauty and balance in the simple and bringing every day life into appreciation.