Wabi-Sabi Elephant Ear © 2011 Bo Mackison
When suffering overwhelms me I will breathe in and leave an opening in this moment for the joy that lies just behind it. ~ Philip Martin
This is a dying leaf amidst all the other green leaves. And yet, I think it is one of the most beautiful in the garden, with its translucent creamy whites streaked with purple veining.
Drooping towards the earth, the weight of the leaf is too heavy for its stem. But in letting go, in its slow motion drift towards the earth — which it will soon be a part of — it offers a certain grace, a dignity, and beauty — wabi-sabi beauty.
It’s a wabi-sabi kind of day.
