Wabi sabi is an intuitive appreciation of a transient beauty in the physical world that reflects the irreversible flow of life in the spiritual world. It is an understated beauty that exists in the modest, rustic, imperfect, or even decayed, an aesthetic sensibility that finds a melancholic beauty in the impermanence of all things.
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
Wabi-sabi is a Japanese concept that shows us the beauty of the fleeting, changeable, and imperfect nature of the world around us. Instead of searching for beauty in perfection, we should look for it in things that are flawed, incomplete.
Francesc Miralles • Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
The spirit of wabi is deeply connected to the idea of accepting that our true needs are quite simple, and of being humble and grateful for the beauty that already exists right where we are.
Beth Kempton • Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life
Today’s Pill #210: “Flowers are only flowers because they fall”
WABI SABI is in many ways like the bittersweet taste of the last strawberry in this old Zen tale. It is an expression of the beauty that lies in the brief transition between the coming and going of life, both the joy and melancholy that make up our lot as humans.
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
wabi-sabi, the ancient Japanese wisdom of finding beauty in imperfection, in accepting the natural cycle of life, and loving things as they are.
Caren Albers • Happiness Junkie: A 12 Step Program to Find Inner Peace and Change Your Life
Appreciating Simplicity Wabi-sabi is made up of two separate words — wabi and sabi. Wabi: ● It is about finding beauty in simplicity and a spiritual richness and serenity in detaching from the material world. ● It implies stillness. ● It is a sense of contentment in the material world. ● It is a mindset that appreciates humility, simplicity, and ac
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