In this post I take a step beyond  the category of  blurriness  in modern western aesthetics towards  the Japanese aesthetic category of the indistinct (“In’ei”). This category  refers to  dim/murky light. 

My reason is that I  realise that I have been slowly moving towards photographing in low light situations  whilst using the Leica,   but I've been doing so without being conscious in an aesthetic sense. Until   I went walking in  Japanese   forests and I  started reading about pre-modern Japanese aesthetics upon my return.   

I did write about  the aesthetic category of  the indistinct (“In’ei”) on the thoughtfactory.com.au website after returning from walking in Japan, but as that website is gone, I've done  a summary over the leaf.

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This picture was made whilst walking along the coast of the southern Fleurieu Peninsula:

It was made whilst on a poodlewalk during the early autumn of 2018.