wabi

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  • Sometimes such simplicity is obtained through finding seijaku —a choice of silence rather than noise, of calm rather than excitation Sometimes not Shibui, wabi , and sabi are complex ideas and while I have not obtained them as goals in life or fiction, neither can I escape them as recurring obsessions in my work. —  WorldsEnough ;Time
  • It was inspired by this Japanese concept of wabi-sabi, which is about beauty and impermanence at the same time.
  • After a nod to the ostentatious appropriation, by the noble and warrior classes, of tea ceremonies and artifacts, illustrated by of sumptuous floral screens, most of the exhibition focuses on the spiritualization, or wabi approach, to tea that evolved in the hands of the Buddhist monks beginning in the 16th century. —  New Haven Independent
  • While Sam tried to polarize between "modernism" and "wabi-sabi" Tony Hoare did it between "modernism" (for the scientist) and "post-modernism" (for the engineer).
  • I broke up the floor into managable squares in a Mondrian pattern using brass inlays. wabi sabi gallery wall backdrop - I used weld mesh and tacked it all over one wall. —  Apartment Therapy Main
 

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