Wabi-Sabi Wasabi

All I can say about this one is that when I finished this zen-like impressionistic landscape painting, I got a wabi-sabi reaction about it.

What’s wabi and sabi?
Both terms are very common in the Zen aesthetic sphere and these refer to the suggestion of feelings of solitude and desolation.
Wabi: quiet elegance
Sabi: elegant (quiet) simplicity

Zen paintings were frequently done using only sumi (ink) no colors were added and the brush work was quite simple in contrast with the kind of painting of the period. Contrary to what most people think, this sensation of loneliness is not a negative thing but a positive characteristic due to the fact that represents the simple and humble life in the mountain, therefore it is a depiction of the freedom and detachment from the material world.
According to the book “Zen and he fine arts” these are the seven characteristics of a Zen aesthetic painting:

-Asymmetry (being unbalanced)
-Simplicity (not being cluttered)
-Austere sublimity/Lofty dryness (being astringent and sublime, being astringent, advance in years and life; being seasoned)
-Naturalness (having no mind, no intent)
-Subtle profundity/Deep reserve (even one speck of dust contains everything and the “not a single thing” is inexhaustible)
-Freedom from attachment (“the rule of no rule”)
-Tranquility (not being disquieted and not being disquieting).

Hut in the mountain, snow and Haiku about loneliness.