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-quiet and undeclared beauty
-finding beauty in imperfection
-a richly mellow beauty that is
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and profoundly in nature,
striking but not obvious
-of accepting the natural circle of
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-roots in Zen Buddhism
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Wabi Sabi
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growth, decay and death.
-An active aesthetical appreciation of poverty
-reverses authenticity -removing the huge weight of -reminds us that we are all transient
material concern from our lives
beings on this planet -minimalism -underplayed and modest
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Sabi
humble and simple
”the bloom of time”
harmony
rusty and weathered
peace
beauty is fleeting
tranquillity
to be desolate
balance
“Time is kind to things, but
sad
unkind to man.”
desolate
carry the burden of their
lonely
years with dignity and grace
simple
cannot be acquired
unmaterialistic
it’s a gift of time
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Wabi
humble by choice
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24 Solar Terms
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4 Seasons
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24 Solar Periods 8 Segments of Ba Gua
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any of 24 points in traditional East
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Asian lunisolar calendars that matches a particular astronomical event or
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signifies some natural phenomenon.
to govern agricultural arrangements
people interprets nature
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Furoshiki 包袱皮
-to discover the meaning of objects
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-different ways of folding -forms of interpreting everyday things -incomplete by itself -it’s complete when people interact with it
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