In the tearoom, the host sweeps and waters the path, but leaves a few fallen leaves where they lie. Even cleanliness must not be perfect.

recorded in the Nanporoku · 16th century

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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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