Mono No Aware (The gentle sadness of things)

This was today’s challenge for “Celebrate impermanence “ the
course The Boss is doing and this image, he hopes, portrays that.

His composition is 3 carnations with one starting to die.
This sort of photography is very thought provoking and he is  really enjoying the challenge.  I think…..

The comment from Kim Manley Ort is below.
I was immediately taken by an article on a phrase that I had not heard before - mono no aware - Japanese for "the gentle sadness of things." To me, it describes perfectly the state of impermanence.

"The most precious thing about life is its uncertainty. In Japanese Buddhist philosophy, basic reality is understood as impermanence. And that is where its incomparable appreciation for beauty lies. Instead of causing some kind of nihilistic desperation, being aware of the fundamental transitory nature of existence is, for the Japanese, a call to vital activity in the present moment. To the hyper-nuanced appreciation of things and the phenomena of the world. The term mono no aware is one of the most beautiful and panoramic concepts that illustrate this aesthetic of understanding." ~ Faina Aleph


This is all well over my small stuffed head.
Tiny