The HEADLINE HAIKU series began as a somewhat unorthodox attempt to exorcize a particularly tenacious bout of writer's block, but it has grown into an ongoing project in its own right.

The concept is simple. I page through a single issue of a newspaper or magazine and cutout whatever words initially catch my attention. The words are then arranged and re-arranged into the traditional three-line haiku form -- five syllables in the first line, seven in the second and five again the third line.

By working in a very restrictive format with such severe limitations, the focus is squarely concentrated on the concept of less as more.

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