Japanese WaveTheres a powerful reason the energetic and imposing presence of waves are so often used in Japanese art: Waves are motion. They represent the constant flow of life, and the unstoppable tides of time. They symbolize emotion how life can go from gentle and buoyant one minute, to wild and tumultuous the next And the arch of a wave represents how even with all the strength in the world water can still manage to work its way free. Thats why the Japanese