We do not dislike everything that shines, but we do prefer a pensive lustre to a shallow brilliance — a murky light that, whether in a stone or an artifact, bespeaks a sheen of antiquity.
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Wabi-Sabi
Wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection, impermanence and incompleteness, the cracked bowl mended with gold, the moss on old stone, the single flower past its peak. Three plain truths sit under it: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect. Mo…
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