The beauty of impermanence

The beauty of Impermanence is an ongoing installation with objects and photos consisting of dry fruits and vegetables in large quantities. This natural process reveals a beauty that often goes unnoticed: the beauty of impermanence. As humans, we are often uncomfortable with the idea of decay, change, and aging. Words like deterioration and loss come to mind. But what if we see it differently?

Many fruits do not become ugly, they do not mold, they do not rot. They transform. Their shape, texture, skin, and even their essence change. They become new objects—different, yet beautiful once more. This work invites the viewer to embrace this transformation, to see beauty in drying, in endings, in the inevitable. While we humans often resist time and impermanence, the fruit undergoes its fate effortlessly—without resistance, without judgment, purely and full of beauty. What can we learn from this?

I capture this beauty. Sometimes by carefully preserving dried objects, sometimes by immortalizing the drying process in images.

“You are not deteriorating. You are changing. You are becoming richer in texture, lighter in spirit, softer in color.”

I am fascinated by the wrinkles, the folds, the texture of the ‘skin’ of the fruits I collect. My collection now holds countless objects, each with a unique story. But not every moment can be captured. Just like the human aging process, drying is influenced by external factors—temperature, space, time, dryness, and humidity. Sometimes, mold or insects take over. This is reality. A reality that is better observed than resisted.

By paying attention, by daring to see, and by having an eye for detail, the most beautiful aspects remain.