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| Thrifted and Wabi-Sabi-ly beautiful(?) |
Half-way to deciding "Bohemian" might describe my style of choice, I remembered Wabi-Sabi, a Japanese world view or aesthetic. Beauty in Wabi-Sabi has been described as that which is "imperfect, impermanent and incomplete". Wabi-Sabi's characteristics include asymmetry, asperity (roughness or irregularity), simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.
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| A thrifted abstract watercolor hanging in our living room. |
Is there such a thing as waBO-sabi?
I really identify with the imperfect, impermanent and incomplete thing!
Hello Rebecca....Your little wabo man is cute. Is he a sculpture or what? Susan from writingstraightfromtheheart.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this before, but I like it!
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Hi Rebecca ~ Your mention of wabi-sabi made me look up info I found online about it a few years ago. You have inspired me to do a posting about it, hope you don't mind. I just checked with google and did not see anything for wabo-sabi except for your post.
ReplyDeleteI wish to be more of a wabibito. I do have my Bohemian ways too. I believe most of us are a mixture of things, which make us uniquely us.
Your character is interesting. What is in his hand and does he have basket of something in front of him?
I like your watercolor.
Have a lovely Sunday ~ FlowerLady
Hi Rebecca, I thought I was familiar with all things Japanese but this is a new one on me. Thanks for the info.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of that....but I can totally relate to being imperfect!!! ;-)
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