Mono no aware (物の哀れ) 20″ x 16″oil Painting by Patricia Larkin Green


Mono no aware (物の哀れ) 20" x 16"oil Painting by Patricia Larkin Green literally "the pathos of things", and also translated as "an empathy toward things", or "a sensitivity to ephemera", is a Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence (無常, ... of the transience of all things heightens appreciation of their beauty, and evokes a gentle sadness at their passing.

Mono no aware (物の哀れ) 20″ x 16″oil Painting by Patricia Larkin Green
literally “the pathos of things”, and also translated as “an empathy toward things”, or “a sensitivity to ephemera”, is a Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence (無常, … of the transience of all things heightens appreciation of their beauty, and evokes a gentle sadness at their passing.

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