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Wabi sabi, the quintessential Japanese design aesthetic, is quickly gaining popularity around the world, as evidenced by recent articles in Time , The Chicago Tribune and Kyoto Journal . Taken from the Japanese words wabi , which translates to less is more, and sabi , which means... read more

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First Sentence

THIS QUOTE FROM ALAN WATTS regarding Zen's predecessor, Taoism, captures beautifully the link between religious ideals and wabi sabi's aesthetics.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Andrew Juniper (Author)

Popular Tags

  1. aesthetics
  2. art
  3. ethics
  4. japan
  5. tea ceremony 
 

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