Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers

My second reading!

I started the book, read a chapter and put it away for the night. Then, last night I read another chapter, and woke up in the middle of the night to read some more.
Finally, I woke up early morning to finish it

While I read it fast, it is a delightfully captivating work. It is one that speaks to the soul, and is one that is very relevant to todays times. When we are all chasing shiny 'perfection', a little bit of dirt, imperfection, nature allows us to feel the spirit of nature and of art.

Timely indeed. Leaves much room for thought and reflection.

And, it is pithy. You cannot gabble on about such concepts. They are truly to be internalised.

I started the book, read a chapter and put it away for the night. Then, last night I read another chapter, and woke up in the middle of the night to read some more.
Finally, I woke up early morning to finish it

While I read it fast, it is a delightfully captivating work. It is one that speaks to the soul, and is one that is very relevant to todays times. When we are all chasing shiny 'perfection', a little bit of dirt, imperfection, nature allows us to feel the spirit of nature and of art.

Timely indeed. Leaves much room for thought and reflection.

And, it is pithy. You cannot gabble on about such concepts. They are truly to be internalised.

The irony of trying to say something categorical about wabi-sabi isn't lost on this author. As a Western, modernist, taxonomically-driven type, I appreciated it, however antithetical it may be to the essence of wabi-sabi. Generally enjoyable as a pensee or exercise. It ends rather suddenly, which I found harsh given the tone. I read it on Danish modern furniture, but reflected on it in the overgrown garden with the stone patio my mother prefers "When it's gukhy, not clean." Honeysuckle wilts. The kiwi hides the moon.

An interesting look at the concept of Wabi-sabi, dipping into the culture and history, but moreso the philosophy of imperfection on purpose. Finding beauty in the imperfect is a great way to approach life as well, don't let perfectionism impede appreciation of what you have, or what you can achieve.

so gorgeous & soulful, a sketch around an ephemeral idea rather than an attempt to pin it like a moth. every time i read it I can't help but read the entire thing

Impermanence, incompleteness, imperfection. Zen ideas through the medium of art. Delightful delicious confounding confusing. Brain ties in a knot while spirit sings.

In a very well done package (good design, good illustrations, good paper), a satisfactory brief introduction to a field of thought and practice which deserves to be known. An aesthetics of the ordinary, unfinished, simple and natural - and meaningful. To be read and re-read, while trying to figuring out traces of wabi-sabi in the everyday life.