On Sat, 8 May 1999, Alan Harnum wrote:

There is a Japanese term, "mono no aware", which expresses the idea that
true beauty is increased by the awareness of its transience.  The
realization that "this too shall pass away" need not lead to nihilism and
rejection of the world, but rather to a new way of seeing the beauty of its
fragility.

	<nod> To quote a Japanese-inspired comic book I read a while ago,
"Everything that is beautiful ... bleeds."

Chris Davies.
(It's an idea that has somewhat guided my philosophy ...)