"And it's only a short step from there to the lantern, the house, even the self. Time leaves nothing changed." Wow, that's … pretty depressing. "I guess you can see it that way, but that's only half of it." Which half? Wabi or sabi? "That's not how they separate. The words don't have good equivalents, but they're pretty close to 'rustic' and … 'rusted'?" Oh? That's a cute way to translate it.