Other-worldly words.... Japanese (1): Waldeinsamkeit

There are three things one must know about TRADITIONAL Japanese art; the beliefs and aesthetics of The Japanese:

• ·         They find beauty in the most simplest of daily rituals, phenomenon and occurrences.

• ·         They have the ability to capture and express this abstract beauty in most phenomenal and spectacular manner.

• ·         Each of these representations has a spiritual and moral connection that leaves a tangible mark on its audience.

Stressing the word ‘TRADITIONAL’ is important because as technology has rendered obsolete the concept of distance and time; time no more flies with wings… it comes knocking at your doorstep even before the first rays of dawn and carries in to a virtual world that becomes reality as the reality fades away. So Japanese art too has undergone commercialization and yet; unlike other cultures the tenets have in some measures been preserved.

Before proceeding further, I must clarify that I am neither an expert of Japanese art nor a student. However just like a wrong note makes a rhythm cacophonous (and you don’t need to be an artiste to identify it), “a thing of beauty is joy forever”; so it is with all art form.

Japanese Author Hiromu Arakawa says,

"Nothing is perfect, the world's not perfect. But its there for us, trying the best it can; and thats what makes it so damn beautiful".

Now if I am not an expert, what gives me authority to write about Japanese art!!!

One: my page is about opinions, primarily mine (you are welcome too).

Two: I was pulled in to it as I set out on a journey to explore the outworldly words.....initiated as a humble thought to expand my vocabulary in an attempt to make it more ornate 😉
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So today I came across the word "Waldeinsamkeit".

In absence  of an accurate alternative English phrase or for that matter an approximate explanation in any language, I would be using multiple modes (images, poems, and abstract art) to build an understanding of this beautiful feeling.

For those who have already experienced it.... well enjoy the deja vu 😇😇 .  
For me, its a longing I have met before... and continue to long for.

 

Now just close your eyes, relinquish all other divagation, 'vacate the vessel' and let the void prevail.

Listen to the rustle, the leaves brushing against each other..... 

The distant trickle of water, and a mild breeze.... a whiff and a waft on the skin.

Now listen to the distant trickle of water; an incessant chatter of birds......

Now Imagine a light, a narrow but bright beam brushing past the leaves, filtering thought your eyelids. Imagine multiple similar drizzles of rays. All percolating through your thoughts instilling a tranquility. A Quiet noise. A tree with leaves hidden in the light that illuminates it. And now glance at the ground beneath you; see the shadows.... seek the shapes visible among the shadows.

Ending the word with a beautiful poem, the closest I could get in an attempt to seize on the amazing perception of Waldeinsamkeit.......