Nova

“Mono no aware” is the 2nd track on Nova (Season of Mist, 2022). Vocals, lyrics and music by Sylvaine. “Mono no aware” (物の哀れ), literally translated to “the pathos of things”, is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence, or transience of things, and both a transient gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing as well as a longer, deeper gentle sadness about this state being the reality of life. The song is the second single from the album. Read more on Last.fm.

Kathrine Elizabeth Shepard (/ka.triː.nə/, born 1991 in San Diego, CA, US), best known by her moniker Sylvaine (/sil.vɛn/), is a Norwegian musician. Originally based in Oslo, Norway; since 2015 based in Paris, France. As she says, “Sylvaine serves as an emotional catharsis, leading me on a quest to explore profound sensations and concerns within me, sometimes dealing with questions where the answers seem vague, empty or absent. This project is a way of processing every aspect of life, allowing me to deal with matters that otherwise would be suppressed…” Kathrine’s mother is Norwegian, but her father (Stephen Shepard) is American. He happened to play drums on her first three full-length albums. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.