This is the place where pickup trucks are left to bask in sun far beyond their usefulness...and adobe buildings are left to crumble like sand castles on the beach. This creates a beauty very similar to traditional Japanese esthetics.....influenced by the Shinto religion.....the awareness of nature and Buddhism....the belief that all things are considered to be either evolving from, or dissolving into nothingness......Wabi......transient and stark beauty......and Sabi......the beauty of natural patina and aging.
ha. looks pretty much like home to me. i have those barrels by my studio
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my walls are doing that too...
a different sort of falling away than around here, where it is wet and cold so much. but so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYes, India...New Mexico is very much like Australia, and compared to it often in passing.........and Velma, I Love your words..."a different sort of 'falling away'....."
ReplyDeletethe textures and colors are wonderful.
ReplyDeletei love the adobe .
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Oh, I love New Mexico and wish it wasn't so far to visit. Growing up in Los Alamos, I feel like it is home, even though my folks all came from Nebraska and most of them are still there . . . or close to there. I'd love an excuse to return to the land of enchantment.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the Hermitary and wabi sabi.
Leslie, we'll have to make up an excuse then......I had no idea you grew up here....hearing from the locals, many would like a ticket out....just as many others are buying the ticket in....
ReplyDeleteWonderful wabi sabi photo opportunities!New Mexico is on my bucket list.
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