'After Rain' / Nagano, Japan Photograph - Limited Edition of 10

間 ma, the space in between. Michael Barth unites the basic principles of Japanese aesthetics of balance and harmony. Following the 'utskushii mono', 'The Creation of the Beautiful', coherent, traditional conceptions are made clear here. Japanese aesthetics characterizes the 'non-conflict with nature'. The cultivated human being is like the wind, with free self, without attachment able to overcome the substantial ego, which is recognized by Buddhism as an illusion. The free self is described as 'empty' or as Buddha nature. The invisible space corresponds to this emptiness, defines the material level and is considered to be the connection to the spiritual world. _______________________________________________ 'After the rain, a lonely farmer came up to me. A very kind man. His eyes asked what I was photographing. My gesture told him 'all the beauty'. His eyes answered and we understood.' _______________________________________________ 'These pictures are an reflection of the true, the good and the beautiful, free from the split between subject and object. A reflection of true reality.' _______________________________________________ Full Resolution Photograph / Archival Pigment Print Edition of 10 other sizes on request