


In this lecture, I went back to the origin & the history of Haiku to show how Kerouac & his Haiku are connected to the genuine Haiku linage developed in Japan. Sidestepping from my usual writing on visual art, here I present the outline of the lecture I delivered on the subject: “Kerouac & Haiku” at the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival in Lowell, Mass. March 2016 Jack Kerouac, Weird, Self-Portrait at Sea from Departed Angels: The Lost PaintingsĪlthough I started Perpetual Ripplets originally as a critical writing column on visual art, its purpose is to focus on critical thought on creativity in general, disregarding the fields.
