My Blue Hanami Bowl Sold, 9-11, earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi

 Yesterday at South Coast Antiques & Gallery, I sold one of my ceramic art pottery pieces that I called "My Blue Hanami Bowl" to a woman from Northern New Mexico. She informed me that in April after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Miyagi prefecture, Japan, that people in Japan were requested not to observe the annual tradition of Hanami in respect of those who lost their lives. Hanami is the art of cherry blossom watching. It really made me think. I have always found Hanami to be one of the most beautiful and totally genteel of activities. It seems like such a beautiful way to show respect for those poor souls that were lost, by not participating in something so beautiful as hanami. Besides being the 10 year anniversary of 9-11 today, this also marks 6 months since the earthquake and tsunami in japan. I send my condolances to the families and friends of all people associated with both 9-11 and the earthquake-Tsunami in Japan and my prayers for those lost in both. May the wonder and the beauty of hanami once more fill your hearts.

Here are a few images of some pieces that I created and sold a few years back at my South Coast Antiques & Gallery here in downtown Ocean Springs, MS.

Ritually Killed Alien Artifact Bowl by Michael W. Moses

Ritually Killed Alien Artifact Bowl by Michael W. Moses

Many ancient cultures here on our Earth have "ritually killed" offerings to a temple, or grave goods to prevent the object from being reused by other living people and in some cases to kill the spirit of the object being sacrificed. The most common way that this ritual killing of the object occurred was by simply punching a hole through the object as with the pottery of the Mimbres Culture in the southwestern corner of New Mexico. Another ancient group that apparently practiced ritually killing of offerings was the Jomon in Japan. The Jomon created terra cotta figures known as Dogu, that they broke on purpose and buried. From these ideas I have over the years created a number of ritually killed alien artifacts. It only seems plausible in my mind that if one were to study ancient cultures on other planets that things like this would be discovered among their ancient ruins and among private and public collections on their worlds.

Red Blue Sponge Bowl by Michael W. Moses

Blue Sponge Bowl by Michael W. Moses

Michael W. Moses Art pottery vase and plum blossoms with haiku by Chiyo-jo

What I did today. I spent the day at the shop. Not a whole lot of people came in today. I spent most of the day working on a new vase. I took a few minutes to cut a small branch of flowering plume and place it in one of my vases that I call "Passion Red Fruit Vase". I specifically designed this intensely red vase with a small hole in the side where a single stem could be inserted leaving the large main opening of the vase free of flowers. I then took a few digital images. here is one that I processed this evening using Photoshop. I added an appropriate haiku by Chiyo-jo and this is the finished image. Signed prints available.

 

To the person breaking off the branch,
giving its fragrance,
the plum blossom.