Philip Noble: Visual Storyteller and Itinerant Gladness Scatterer
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(Scotland)
Haiku poetry
forgotten scarecrow
turned into
winter moon watcher
new moth in the dusk
a map of Australia
on each fore wing
(2nd prize, Mainichi, Japan 2008)
autumn at last
leaf
touches it’s shadow
(1st prize Aha Competition 2002)
A style of poetry from Japan typically with a seasonal reference and printed on three lines. It is wonderfully suited to our technological age since it causes us to pause and contemplate on what is going on around us. Download explantion and examples of my Haiku Poems.
It can be described as taking pictures without a camera. Philip has led a Haiku workshop at the University of the West of Scotland.
Story Telling
Philip has developed a style of visual storytelling which depends on the use of movement and readily available materials. He regularly performs at the annual Christian Artist Conference in Holland. Stories are more than just stories; they are an invitation to explore what lies beyond. If you stop here, you have missed the point.
"There was once a chief who had two dogs. They were fine big hunting dogs and had been kept separate from birth because of their amazing ferocity. A new wise man was visiting their village and so the chief thought to try him out with a question that could be tested out with a practical illustration. So he brought out the two animals and asked, 'If I allowed these two dogs to fight which of them would win?' The wise man paused and looked him straight in the eye before replying, 'The one you feed the most.'"
