A curious collection of visual and poetic observations by artist William Carey, using a combination of art and haiku. Haiku, is a seventeen syllable Japanese verse form, that was created in 17th century Japan. It is a very spontaneous process that distills thoughts and observations down to their essence. You may be inspired to write some of your own. The art in this book is just as spontaneous. Many of the initial sketches were done in coffee houses, then they were finished in the studio. In many cases, the art and haiku have been combined into an illustrated haiku form.

scribbling haiku at two in the morning, words tossing and turning

About William Carey

William Carey is an artist and Haiku Poet. He graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University with a BFA in Art. Since then he has made his living as a journeyman artist in the fine and graphic arts fields. He has found expression in painting, sculpture, graphic design and martial arts. He has had showings of his work in Aurora, Geneva, and Chicago, IL. Throughout his life he has been on an underlying spiritual quest. In an effort to make sense of these complex studies, he began to write Haiku, distilling them down to a simple 17 syllable essence. As time went on he began to write them on every subject.