Yugen: mystery and depth of the beauty as inspirational resource in art therapy

Manifestations of beauty, beauty in the spirit of yugen are associated for the Japanese with the permeation of darkness (according to Chinese natural philosophy, darkness is the feminine, passive principle - yin) with light (the masculine, active principle - yang). Moreover, it must certainly be light through darkness, not struggling with it, but so inherent in the phenomenon that it penetrates any darkness. Only under this condition does the Japanese experience lasting aesthetic pleasure. #arttherapy#dancetherapy#dramatherapy#expressivearts#expressiveartstherapy#japan#yugen#philosophy#inspiration#history