Fragility

Wabi and sabi are words referring to a mindful approach to everyday life.
The term 'Wabi-sabi' has come to signify
an aesthetic; the beauty of things
"imperfect, impermanent,
and incomplete".

Things in bud, or things in decay, are more evocative of wabi-sabi than things in full bloom; they suggest the transience of things. As things come and go, they show signs of their coming or going and these signs are considered to be beautiful.
In this, beauty is an altered state
of consciousness and can be
seen in the mundane and simple.
The signatures of nature can be so
subtle that it takes a quiet mind and a
cultivated eye to discern them.