The definitive Wabi-sabi: The impermanence of Beauty. Beauty in impermanence.

Wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centred on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete". It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence, specifically impermanence, suffering, and emptiness or absence of self-nature.

Characteristics of wabi-sabi include asymmetry, asperity (roughness or irregularity), simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.

Wabi-sabi: Decay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centred on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete". It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence, specifically impermanence, suffering, and emptiness or absence of self-nature.

Characteristics of wabi-sabi include asymmetry, asperity (roughness or irregularity), simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.

Wabi-sabi: Pebbles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centred on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete". It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence, specifically impermanence, suffering, and emptiness or absence of self-nature.

Characteristics of wabi-sabi include asymmetry, asperity (roughness or irregularity), simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy, and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.

Born to the water

 

 

 

August 2014

iPhone Diaries #708: shadows

August 28th.

iPhone Diaries #707: a boy and his kite, and some muskoka chairs

August, 2014

iPhone Diaries #706: really?

August 28th.

"Freedom" by Shane Philips

Shane at the Magnolia Cafe on March 31, 2014. Shane dedicated this song to his father who endured life in a small town where his family was the only visible minority, so that his family would have a better life in Canada.

iPhone Diaries #705: a ferret at Tim Horton's

well, not exactly inside Tim's. Aug 25th.

A Lake Huron Sunset

One of the sunsets from an unforgettable week with the family at a cottage on Lake Huron. Sunsets and a loving family…. that's all we need.

Special thanks to Audrey of Jervis Bay, who shared her family's cottage with us.
(the sun will disappear below the waves at 5:05)

video from 6 months ago…. I can't believe I can't wait for the next six months to come around.

It's been a miserable winter; a seemingly endless cycle of snow and damp sub-sub-zero temperatures. So it came as a relief to have a day like last Tuesday, March 11. Blue sky and +7 Celsius. The birds were out, the snow was melting, the Speed River was flowing. The ducks were out, and geese were seen flying north. Children from the area Spring-Break programs were out sloshing through the puddles,some sans winter parkas 

Winter came back with a vengeance the next day. March 12th.saw up to 20 cm of snow, minus 20 Celsius, and howling winds as a storm from the U.S. Midwest made its way up on its way to the Maritimes.

This video is an effort (and a joy) to preserve a sliver of sunshine.

Sony HXR-NX30, Manfrotto MVM500A monopod, edited in Premiere Pro CS6. Music by Stephan Grapelli, "Time After Time".

Special thanks to Liam, for being my 3rd and 4th eyes.

Tree Erotica

Benmiller Conservation Area, on the Maitland River. Aug 15th.

Painting with Light

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on Lake Huron near Goderich. August 2014