Wabi-sabi is not only an aesthetic, it is also a philosophy born out of a Japanese world-view based on Taoism and Zen Buddhism. In Taoist cosmology, it is believed that all things that are manifest in the world come from the great void know as the Tao, and eventually everything shall return to the Tao. […]
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The Spirit of Wabi Sabi
Posted in Feng Shui, Sustainability, tagged aesthetics, architecture, art, art of impermanence, beauty, feng shui, fengshui, imperfection, impermanence, japanese aesthetic, life-force, natural beauty, nature, sabi, spirit, taoism, wabi, wabi-sabi, zen buddhism on July 15, 2011 | Comments Off on The Spirit of Wabi Sabi