Japanese Aesthetics - Iki / 写真で見る「いき」 / Discuss

Red Horse says:

Fine arts are not iki, because they are too intentional and artificial.
Scenary and/or nature are not iki, because they are too less intentional.
Iki should lie somewhere between these two. It's "something cool" in our ordinary life. Simple designs or contraptions are more likely to be iki.
OR it could be someone who manifests coolness in a modest, simple way.

If your photos are rejected, please consider if you can distiguish iki from wabi/sabi.
Originally posted at 9:45AM, 11 May 2008 PDT ( permalink )
Red Horse edited this topic 2 months ago.