👉 In the context of a literary or visual art form, a "waeness" is typically used to describe an image, painting, sculpture, or other artwork that appears to be inanimate and lacks any life or emotional response. The term often refers to a representation of something that has no physical presence but seems to exist in the artist's mind. For example, a waeness might depict a scene where the sun is shining on a still lake, or a figure standing by a tree with an air