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. M…
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