'Fading Beauty' is a Wabi Sabi (Japanese for finding beauty in aging and decaying objects) portrait of the inner workings of a Magnolia 'Tulip Tree' flower, showing the stamen and pistils. The petals have an out-of-focus texture in pastel colors. Taken by an iPhone 14 Max Pro in 2023 and processed like it's a work of art with a black border. In traditional Japanese aesthetics,wabi-sabi (侘び寂び) is centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" in nature. It is prevalent in many forms of Japanese art.
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'Fading Beauty'– Wabi-sabi portrait of the inner workings of a magnolia 'TulipTree' flower
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