What Remains - VI. Held by Time

Fragmented Solitude - VI. A Small Light

Two fragile daisies in the Wasatch mountains forest.

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I didn't realize it at first, but later I saw this image as wabi-sabi. In the bent stems, imperfect flowers, and delicate solitude, there is a quiet, fragile beauty.

 

What Remains - VI. Keeper of Forgotten Threads

A Funnel Weaver spider was found on the trunk of ancient tall tree.
 

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This photo is also from my Wabi-sabi series but with one special feature, it depicts  a living creature - a spider.

The rest is definitely Wabi-sabi. The spider's web is already beginning to deteriorate. It won't look like this tomorrow. Torn silk, scattered dust, and debris are part of the image's mood. Everything is fragile and impermanent here.

What Remains - V

Wabi- sabi teaches us to be content with less in a way that feels like more. 

Less stuff, more soul. 

Less judgment, more forgiveness. 

Less resistance, more resilience. 

Less bravado, more truth. 

And...  Wabi- sabi gives you permission to be yourself.

Beth Kempton

What Remains - IV

An ancient, towering tree...  I used to pass it by, but this morning something made me stop. The tree lived its own quiet life—draped in cobwebs, harboring a beehive in its hollow trunk, its bark scattered with withered petals.

Everything about it spoke of passage and decay—fragile, fleeting, and yet breathtakingly beautiful in its quiet grace.

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The photo above is my attempt to capture Wabi-sabi—its impermanence, aging, fragility, and quiet beauty.

What Remains - I.

Spring Fantasy - I.

 

Generally, life is good.

Wabi-Sabi. Old Barn

An old barn, the walls are weathered,

No window to catch the light, 

The silent rays are frozen.

haiku #4

Generally, life is good.

Wabi-Sabi. A Kind Monster

 

Trying to photograph the long, intertwined roots of an old tree was not successful.  The roots were fascinating, but no matter what I did, I couldn't capture them the way I wanted.

At some point I wanted to leave the poor roots alone when I suddenly saw a kind and slightly sad monster with eyes. He looked at me as if to say, why didn't you notice me before.

Generally, life is good.

Wabi-Sabi - IV. Floating in Silence

Generally, life is good.

Wabi-Sabi - III. Chains

 

This time I tried to create a real Wabi-Sabi, dark and dim, modest and very subjective and to some extent demonstrating a decay.

Generally, life is good.

Wabi-Sabi - II. Looking Up

 

 and whispering my secrets.

all things are impermanent - nothing lasts

all things are imperfect - nothing is perfect

all things are incomplete - nothing is finished

Generally, life is good.

Wabi-Sabi -I. Tiny White Spider

Wab-Sabi is a Japanese Art that shows the transient nature of all earthy things.  It is the art of imperfection and impermanence.  I find imperfection interesting and authentic.

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The wild sunflowers I photographed this morning in the Wasatch Mountains are slowly beginning their transition into fall, but still retain their beauty.  There was a tiny white spider on one of the sunflowers and I found it very attractive.  

Generally, life is good.