Wabi-sabi reminds us that we are all transient beings on this planet — that our bodies, as well as the material world around us, are in the process of returning to dust.

Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence · 2003

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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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