Zen

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by tonyhale, Jun 22, 2009.

  1. tonyhale

    tonyhale Lounge Lizard No.2

    Hi!
    Does anyone have pictures of Kare,Sansui gardens they would like to share:wave
     
    tonyhale, Jun 22, 2009
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  2. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi Tony


    While I do love the look of Karesansui gardens, the one at home is your traditional UK grass effort, so cannot help you, and it would be daft of me to go looking around the search engines image listing for Karesansui as you would just as easily do that anyway and find the sames ones I would.


    Question? are you wanting to create one of your own or have one already?
     
    DavidGP, Jun 22, 2009
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  3. tonyhale

    tonyhale Lounge Lizard No.2

    Thank you, just thought someone would have the one i saw ages ago. it had 25 stones, but whereever you stood you could only see 24, (shivers)
     
    tonyhale, Jun 23, 2009
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  4. tonyhale

    tonyhale Lounge Lizard No.2

    Thanks Halo.
    No I'm not looking to create one. Our art tutor set us a task to paint (water colours) a secret garden, thought I'd base mine on Kare,sansui.
     
    tonyhale, Jun 23, 2009
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  5. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Hi Tony

    Leaves the search a bit wide looking for a specific one, would you by any chance know what country it was from and if Japan what city? as many as you know will have dry gardens.

    Kyoto has many but so does Osaka, Kobe and Fukuyama etc
    http://www.phototravels.net/kyoto/zen-gardens-index.html may give inspiration
     
    DavidGP, Jun 23, 2009
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  6. tonyhale

    tonyhale Lounge Lizard No.2

    Ruddy impossible I should think
    Once again thank you Halo
     
    tonyhale, Jun 23, 2009
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  7. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Indeed and no probs Tony, if you do paint a zen garden pic, do please take a snap of it an post it up, I for one would love to see some of your artwork.
     
    DavidGP, Jun 23, 2009
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  8. joey off the street

    joey off the street Lounge Lizard No.1

    What's the attraction of Karesansui over a typical common or garden :))) rockery? :confused
    They look like a miniature Stonehenge in a driveway. Don't mean to rock :))) the boat, you know me. ;)
     
    joey off the street, Jun 23, 2009
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  9. tonyhale

    tonyhale Lounge Lizard No.2

    If I could spell the word Philistine I would
     
    tonyhale, Jun 24, 2009
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  10. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    No not rocking the boat at all, just a quick question, have you ever sat in one? if not then do so as I personally found it relaxing dunno why, maybe its the way the rocks are raked around so gives impression of water, which is relaxing.
     
    DavidGP, Jun 24, 2009
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  11. tonyhale

    tonyhale Lounge Lizard No.2

    Pearls before J.O.T.S.
     
    tonyhale, Jun 24, 2009
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  12. joey off the street

    joey off the street Lounge Lizard No.1

    Okay, okay, I'm winding yous up. I love to sit in a nice garden, whatever style it is. I like gardens, they are relaxing. Will have a look around and see if I can find a karesansui garden. If it's like you say, it sounds like a must.
    Photos don't do the gardens much justice if that's how you both perceive them.
     
    joey off the street, Jun 24, 2009
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  13. tonyhale

    tonyhale Lounge Lizard No.2

    There is beauty in everthing, its just that some people are unable to see it
    Not you J.O.T.S it's just a quote Ha!
     
    tonyhale, Jun 25, 2009
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  14. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    Only one I know of in UK is this one http://www.thebonsainursery.com/ visited it many years ago, had to dig out a leaflet from a stack on paperwork to find what the hell it was called, racked my brain for days.

    There maybe others in UK
     
    DavidGP, Jun 25, 2009
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  15. bigtrucks

    bigtrucks MajorGeek

    Was reading the post and did some checking myself .There are some awsome gardens. I'd like to try and make one my self. Just a little one.As I was looking at this http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/japanese-gardens.shtml#karesansui sight I found this in one of the pics. You may have to blow it up more to actually see the size of the Koe in the water.(I'm a big Koe fan) They talk about when the first ones were done.Some back in 1100
    http://www.onmarkproductions.com/assets/images/tsukiyama-garden-suizenji-jojuen-kuramoto-photo-courtesy-jonathan-baker-3.jpg
    But this is a tranquil scene that I would love to be at right now
     
    bigtrucks, Jun 25, 2009
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