{"id":61,"date":"2005-01-26T07:20:01","date_gmt":"2005-01-26T14:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/?p=61"},"modified":"2015-08-08T09:43:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T16:43:46","slug":"lost-frog-in-the-thick-of-fog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2005\/01\/26\/lost-frog-in-the-thick-of-fog\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Frog in the Thick of Blog Fog – Basho & Fernando Pessoa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basho \"Basho\"
\nBasho<\/a> is said to have become enlightened after hearing a frog jump into a garden pond (from googlism).
\nPonder this, the pond may not be the best place to find a competent translation of the Basho’s haiku.
\nCheck out these great minds struggling with the translation here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Alan Watts<\/a> liked Plop and Ginsberg liked Kerplunk. Or notice how Edward Seidensticker<\/a> and Donald Keene <\/a> compete in their free association with the word “old”, as Seidensticker chose “quiet” and Keene chose “ancient”. <\/p>\n

Pessoa \"1pessoa\"<\/p>\n

Or take a look at 16 ways to translate Fernando Pessoa’s<\/a> poem Autopsychography here.<\/a>
\nAt least it is not about a lost frog. (It is about a poet who fakes, lies, invents and pretends).
\n<> <> <> Multiple Pessoa here<\/a> <\/p>\n

Frog abducted \"Frog by Aliens<\/p>\n

Here is a website<\/a> seriously looking for a frog, him name is Hopkins. <\/p>\n

More fun links are added on the sidebar menu under frog .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Basho Basho is said to have become enlightened after hearing a frog jump into a garden pond (from googlism). Ponder this, the pond may not be the best place to find a competent translation of the Basho’s haiku. Check out these great minds struggling with the translation here. Alan Watts liked Plop and Ginsberg liked … <\/p>\n

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