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 ==== Wabi-sabi 侘寂 ==== ==== Wabi-sabi 侘寂 ====
  
-"Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. +"Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. \\ 
- +It is the beauty of things modest and humble. \\ 
-It is the beauty of things modest and humble. +It is the beauty of things unconventional." \\
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-It is the beauty of things unconventional."+
  
 --Leonard Koren --Leonard Koren
  
 At the core of wabi-sabi is the importance of transcending ways of looking and thinking about things/existence. At the core of wabi-sabi is the importance of transcending ways of looking and thinking about things/existence.
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 +"All sorts of attempts have been made to encapsulate the feeling: "rustic," "desolateness," or "acceptance of transience and imperfection." Unfortunately, like many philosophical concepts, wabi-sabi cannot be easily explained or translated. [...] It is a significant concept in Japanese culture, and one that can be appreciated everywhere."
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 +https://www.tofugu.com/japan/wabi-sabi/
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 +See also "In Praise of Shadows" by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki: http://aaaaarg.fail/ref/8937f15ab77d5c2379f4b0299c8b80ff
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 ==== Wabi-sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers ==== ==== Wabi-sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers ====
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 == From: Koren, L. (1994) Wabi-sabi. Imperfect Publishing, Point Reyes, California == == From: Koren, L. (1994) Wabi-sabi. Imperfect Publishing, Point Reyes, California ==
  
-  * ISBN 978-0-9814846-0-0+ISBN 978-0-9814846-0-0
  
  

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