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. M…

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