Wabi sabi describes a traditional Japanese aesthetic sensibility based on an appreciation of the transient beauty of the physical world. It embodies the melancholic appeal of the impermanence of all things―especially the modest, the rustic, the imperfect, and even the decayed. With its focus on the delicate subtitles, objects, effects, and environments of the natural world, wabi sabi promotes an alternative approach to the appreciation of the beauty and life itself.