Whether or not you are familiar with Wabi-Sabi, it is a difficult concept to fully understand. Ingrained in Japanese design and influenced by Buddhism, the viewpoint is simply defined as the beauty of imperfect, impermanent and incomplete things, which many of us associate with the cliché "perfect imperfection." To some degree, this paradoxical assumption is correct as the loose translation of the word "Wabi" refers to the type of beauty underpinned by imperfection, while "Sabi" refers to the b...
Whether or not you are familiar with Wabi-Sabi, it is a difficult concept to fully understand. Ingrained in Japanese design and influenced by Buddhism, the viewpoint is simply defined as the beauty of imperfect, impermanent and incomplete things, which many of us associate with the cliché "perfect imperfection." To some degree, this paradoxical assumption is correct as the loose translation of the word "Wabi" refers to the type of beauty underpinned by imperfection, while "Sabi" refers to the b...
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