Monet, Wenders, and Komorebi

Last year, I saw beautiful poem of a movie by one of my favorite directors:

The ending scene defines a very Japanese word:

Of course, the same culture that gave us the Haiku poetry form would have a word capturing something so ephemeral.

Today, in the MFA, I happened to catch an explainer about Monet that referenced this concept (although not the word itself) in the context of his fascination with Japanese art.

Aha, I thought - of course - the master of light in nature would be chasing komorebi :

Time: Ephemeral

Each Instant of Life Passes,

Real or Imagined?