“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 unconventional.”

–Leonard Koren

At the core of wabi- sabi is the importance of transcending ways of looking and thinking about things/existence.

Material characteristics of wabi-sabi:

• suggestion of natural process
• irregular
• intimate
• unpretentious
• earthy
• simple

further

• http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WabiSabi
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi_sabi

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