I was able to read a bit of the book called "The Japanese Mind" and I was kind of amazed with how the Japanese originally saw beauty as purely subjective compared to the Western ideal that there is a logical interpretation of what is beautiful. Its like when a flower dies during the winter, the idea usually is that it's ugly, but the Japanese doesn't see it that way. I guess that whole notion affected my whole idea of what beauty is which is not supposed to be a result of some kind of delusion.

For many years, I have questioned what beauty and art is all about and it seems that there are too many varying answers to that. That every interpretation of beauty and art is like a new institute being built every second. I guess that's all for the best because, I thought that trying to find out or claim a universal interpretation of beauty which is calculated accurately and described precisely is a practice done by the deluded. So in the end, it's all about subjectivity in beauty and art... nothing more, nothing less. And it's a doctrine I always carry.

But today, even the Japanese have the problem of identifying what is beautiful. That's because of the whole westernization of their society where ideals such as the "Aimai" (the whole acceptance of vagueness) is being played down especially by today's generation.