Tag: Japan

mono no aware

Mono No Aware

The petals flutter to the earth to rejoin the soil in even the slightest breeze. There is beauty in their falling for just a few moments. Then, it is over.

amae

Amae

Skin hunger is the desire to be touched. Amae is something more. It’s what we feel when we want nothing more than to be held in the arms of someone who loves us,… more emotion Amae

yugen zen emotion

Yugen

If we could distill yugen into language, it might be with the single word, “whoah”. A core part of the emotion of yugen, however, is that it is something that cannot be described… more emotion Yugen