Wabi-sabi

Wabi-sabi is the Japanese expression for that desolation and bleak emptiness can be beautiful. Wabi-sabi is not to be mistaken with mono no aware, which refers to fleeting, varying beauty.

Reference:

Juniper, A. (2011). Wabi sabi: The Japanese art of impermanence. Tuttle Publishing.

Prusinksi, L. (2012). Wabi-sabi, mono no aware, and ma: Tracing traditional Japanese aesthetics through Japanese history. Studies on Asia, 4(2), 25-49.