{"id":7767,"date":"2007-07-01T17:03:04","date_gmt":"2007-07-01T22:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/07\/01\/landscape-psycho-architecture\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:46","slug":"landscape-psycho-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/07\/01\/landscape-psycho-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"landscape psycho-architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 \u00a0The\u00a0new July-August edition of Harvard Magazine<\/em> has an interesting article in its Brief Life Vita series, on Frederick Law Olmstead, calling him the “first landscape psychoarchitect<\/a>.”\u00a0 Olmstead believed that introducing nature to the urban scene could be “prophylactic and therapeutic” — a cure for the “nervous tension, over-anxiety, hasteful disposition” of the city.\u00a0 The piece reminded me that Schenectady’s lovely little Central Park was designed by Olmstead, and that I could use a little\u00a0Olmsteadian therapy.\u00a0 So, I took a short drive over there this afternoon, and savored its Rose Garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0My lucky friend and frequent Honored Guest Poet, Yu Chang<\/a>, lives right across the street from the park (where we play bocce).\u00a0 It is often a source of haiku inspiration for Yu.\u00a0 Here are a few examples:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

duck pond
\nmaking small talk
\nwith strangers<\/p>\n

Central Park
\nthe echo of her voice
\nin every direction<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

someone’s hat
\nleft on a park bench
\nquiet afternoon<\/p>\n

\n

bumblebee
\ndeeper in the petunia
\nsummer heat<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

topiary garden
\na lantern
\nin bloom<\/p>\n

after the rain\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0
\nthe white lilac
\njust my height<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

shutter lag –
\njust bees
\non the blossoms<\/p>\n

………….. by\u00a0Yu Chang<\/a> – from\u00a0Upstate Dim Sum<\/em><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0
\nexcept “bumblebee” – A New Resonance<\/em> (1999);\u00a0Acorn<\/em> I<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"HaigaGatesBridgeDucksGs\"\u00a0 (see similar haiga at HaigaOnline<\/em><\/a> Vol. 8-1)<\/p>\n

early thaw
\nshe serves the canard
\na l’orange<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…. poem by dagosan; photo by Arthur Giacalone<\/p>\n

\n

See our prior post<\/a> with links to more photos of The Gates exhibition in that other Central Park.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

alone at the rose garden –
\nooh and ah
\nto myself<\/p>\n

…… by dagosan<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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