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When fascination with decay feels problematic

I have been documenting everything decaying in my neighborhood and I cannot tell if this is morbid or beautiful or both.

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Their authentic aesthetic attraction to impermanence conflicts with cultural messages about what art should celebrate.

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“Where Are You with Japanese aesthetics — wabi-sabi mono no aware yugen?”

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