Carpe Diem #672, Summertime

Hello everyone – this is Paloma, helping Chèvrefeuille once again. It has been such an honor to help out at Carpe Diem Haiku Kai while he relaxes and enjoys a much-needed and well-deserved weekend with his family.  Once again, let me say THANK YOU, Chèvrefeuille, for the hard work you put into making Carpe Diem a treasure!

For today, Chèvrefeuille has scheduled a look at “Sumer”.  Since we’re exploring Impressionism this month, I thought it would be a good idea to share an impressionist work from a lesser-known artist.   While surfing link-to-link-to-link at Wikipedia I stumbled across Rihard Jakopič. 

Rihard Jakopič, Wikimedia.

Rihard Jakopič (1869-1943) was a leading Slovene Impressionist painter and also a patron of the arts.  He helped found the Slovene School of Impressionist Drawing and Painting, which later became the Academy of Fine Arts at University of Ljubljana. 

His “Sonce” (Sun) seems perfect for summer.

Sonce, 1905.

Wow!  This is the heart of Impressionism, is it not?   Here are a few haiku that seemed to match the painting.  Or – at least a few impressions of the painting:

it seems to wash
the summer mountains...
sunrise

© Issa

and

A summer river being crossed
how pleasing
with sandals in my hands!

© Buson

Here is my impression:

rising sun
paints her shoulders golden –
summer morning –

golden morning
after a night of thunder -
how silent it is

What summer thoughts come to mind when you look at this painting?

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