Wabi-Sabi Nature Photography

Seasonal Inspiration Summer

Wabi-Sabi (侘寂) is expressed in the way Summer - its abundance of heat, sunlight, and vegetation - facilitates the amnesiac feeling of being in the present moment. Limitation to the "now" is a form of simplicity. Each present moment suggests an eternity.

Yūgen (幽玄) - subtly profound grace. Etymologically, Yū means "deep, dim or difficult to see" and gen means "darkness" - but the concept of Yūgen (幽玄) is abstract (akin to "mystery"), not literal. It describes a beauty that suggests stillness, a "moment in and out of time".

Shigeru (茂) - luxuriance of foliage in Summer.

Natsu-Kusa (夏草) - Summer grass. These grasses grow only in the warm summer season and lack the winter hardiness of cool-season grasses.

Samidare (五月雨) - Summer Rain. Downpour, a heavy fall of rain.

Yuuyake (夕焼け) - literally "burnt evening". The Afterglow of sunlight on summer evenings.

Hideri (旱) - Drought. A period of prolonged dryness.

Katakage (片陰) - literally "One-Sided Shadow", a spot with shade from the sun in summer.

Summer 夏

Seasonal Inspiration Summer