The Complete Writings of Art Smith, the Bird Boy of Fort Wayne, Edited by Michael Martone by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BOA Editions Ltd.
Published: 2020-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Art Smith, The Bird Boy of Fort Wayne, was given special permission to fly over the Aoyama Itchome. Tradition in Japan held that no mortal could be “higher” than the Emperor who with the Crown Prince and his brothers admired Smith’s initial letter as it appeared overhead. That letter “O,” to the surprise of Westerners in the party, was the only one forthcoming. In the pristine air it floated there, expanding slowly above the imperial grounds while Smith went on to perform various other loops and rolls no longer punctuated by a trail of smoke. At one point dropping perpendicularly 1,000 meters and pulling up at an altitude where he could easily be seen, he tipped his hat to the enthralled royal party a stone’s throw below.

Immediately apparent to the enthusiastic and appreciative local audience, the circle of smoke was not a letter at all but a Japanese word, the enso, meaning circle itself and used in meditative calligraphy of zen to symbolize an “expression of a moment.” One continuous brushstroke, usually drawn with black ink on silk paper, was done here with the same elegance and grace in oily smoke upon the bleached blue sky over the Mikado.

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