Comments on: Mono no aware: Beauty in Japan

By: Taniguchi Blossoms « Fischer On Comix

Taniguchi Blossoms « Fischer On Comix — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:17:32 +0000

[...] Why do I love Taniguchi’s manga so much? Is it the contradiction, the frisson, between the perfection of his diagrammatic art and the repressed but percolating emotions of the characters that inhabit his settings? At the end of A Zoo in Winter (2008/2011), the young couple—one of whom is an autobiographical stand-in for Taniguchi himself—read the manga they’ve written together, while sitting in a cozy spot at the hospital that provides an extraordinary view of the nearby village. They’re swathed in beauty, but this beauty—like all beauty—will pass. They both know the girl is going to die, and they know they’ll never consummate their love, yet they smile, in a perfect exhibition of mono no aware. [...]

By: Something This Way Comes: Randy Wallace’s “Postdimensionalman”

Something This Way Comes: Randy Wallace’s “Postdimensionalman” — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:34:42 +0000

[...] scattered shards. These broken knick-knacks, mostly cast in the forms of cats and birds, are a mono no aware tableau of interdependence and impermanence. A delicate [...]

By: Beetle Queen Conquers Tokoyo « Bug Girl’s Blog

Beetle Queen Conquers Tokoyo « Bug Girl’s Blog — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:14:17 +0000

[...] These spiritual roots created the aesthetic sense called Kokugaku, and the philosophy of “mono no aware“, sometimes translated as “the pathos of things“. This is broadly translated [...]

By: In the Moment: Afternoon Rain | There's a Story in This

In the Moment: Afternoon Rain | There's a Story in This — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:59:45 +0000

[...] To read more about mono no aware: http://sensitivitytothings.com/2008/07/25/mono-no-aware-beauty-in-japan/ [...]

By: aguy

aguy — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:37:37 +0000

respect for you passion.

…it’s only that you kind of loosely mix together lots of other Japanese “principles”, wabi-sabi and shibusa for instance.

don’t.

By: Lyra

Lyra — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:27:01 +0000

Excelente Post. Congratulations!!!
I love this theme and the way that you talk about it!
Thank you for sharing!

;O)