Wabi-sabi

GLOSSARY

Wabi-sabi is the Japanese expression for that desolation and bleak emptiness can be beautiful. Wabi-sabi is not to be mistaken with mono no aware, which refers to fleeting, varying beauty.

Reference:
Juniper, A. (2011). Wabi sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence. Tuttle Publishing.

Prusinksi, L. (2012). Wabi-Sabi, Mono No Aware, and Ma: Tracing Traditional Japanese Aesthetics Through Japanese History. Studies on Asia, 4(2), 25-49..