Black & White - Beautiful Decay

Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood,
But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.

William Butler Yeats



Keith Carter, Hummingbirds, 1989
(more Keith Carter)

Warning:
This post contains photographs of dead people and/or animals which some viewers may find disturbing

Land Artist Jim Denevan on the Ice

In Pursuit of the Impermanent

I've posted about Jim Denevan and his "Sand" Art in May (see here). Today I found out that in this spring he also "created a large scale artwork on the frozen surface of Lake Baikal, Siberia. The spiral of circles, along a fibonacci curve, grow from an origin of 18" to several miles in diameter."

Time Lapse - Wind of Impermanence

All the while, across the face of the earth
moves the restless wind of impermanence,
dissolving all that it touches.

 

The blossom that opens in the morning
is scattered by the evening breeze,
and the dew, condensed in hours of darkness
before dawn, is dispelled by the rays of the morning sun.

Heedless or willfully ignorant of this
procession of changes, we dream of prosperity
all through life and, without understanding
the nature of transience, hope for longevity.

All the while, across the face of the earth
moves the restless wind of impermanence,
dissolving all that it touches.

Hōnen (法然 1133-1212)

watch the video below

Sand Art by Jim Denevan