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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.
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wabi-sabi, the ancient Japanese wisdom of finding beauty in imperfection, in accepting the natural cycle of life, and loving things as they are.
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One of the oldest presentations of wabi-sabi is known as kintsugi or “golden scars.” This is the practice of filling cracks with gold fillings.
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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.