#marlize eckard

[floatingiseasy]

“物の哀れ - Mono no Aware”  

Mixed media art by Gabriella Achadinha and Marlize Eckard

[theonlymagicleftisart]

“物の哀れ - Mono no Aware”   Mixed media collaboration by Gabriella Achadinha and  Marlize Eckard

[nitramar]

From the series “Mono no Aware”. Drawn-upon photos of asian metropoles by Gabriella Achadinha and Marlize Eckard.

[joseancoss]

“Mono No Aware” 💅💄🤳

[opticallyaddicted]

物の哀れ | “Mono no Aware” Photography by Gabriella Achadinha painting by Marlize Eckard                             

An awareness of the impermanence of all experiences and memories, an almost nostalgic, wistful acceptance of that which cannot be forever held onto. The phrase has become an aesthetic sensibility in Japan, an understanding that this beauty can only be ephemeral. Traveling personifies this, no matter how many photographs one takes, the more time slips the less of that experience can be recalled. Shot around central and southern Japan / Okinawa, the series by Gabriella Achadinha shows day and night photographs of spaces and individuals that stood out from the time there. Marlize Eckard has added her touch by creating the ‘fleeting impermanence’ via acrylic paint with additional strokes that create the smudging, lapsing memory. Via Ignant