Category: wabisabi

  • Haiku

    Twilight on Sunday I’ve been lazy for a while Imperfect beauty

  • Ignoring the imperfection within the beauty

    While it is important to appreciate and understand both beauty and imperfection, many of us, especially myself, can sometimes get too caught up in the imperfections to notice the beauty. Today has been one of those days until I just started writing a few moments ago. I couldn’t say that any particular thing was wrong…

  • Getting back to work

    Well, the advantage of not having an actual audience is that no one minds if I take a break, even if it’s a long break. The short version is that life has been imperfect. The long version is, well, long, and not really important. It’s time to get back to work. It may take a…

  • The importance of self compassion in an imperfect world

    I’ve been reading and listening to a lot of Seth Godin lately, and today’s post is just stealing his ideas in the hopes that someone else sees them and can use them because I know I can use them. Seeking perfection in any sort of work that you do is frequently considered neurotic, but then…

  • David Wong/Jason Pargin kicks ass

    So this wasn’t what i intended to write about today, or, um, yesterday. I think I missed yesterday. Either way though, I ran across this earlier today in an internet search about a book that I’m rereading, and, now, when I’m about to finish the book and go to sleep, finally actually hit the quote.…

  • Everything is already broken

    That was a line from a facebook post about kintsugi that I saw earlier today, and it is also the best explanation of wabisabi and kintsugi and life that I can imagine. How I found that post is itself an interesting story about broken things. It was shared by a friend, that I have never…

  • Evaluation of imperfection

    Today has been quite a good day, aside from the weather, and quite a productive day as well. However, that productivity in other areas has quite hindered my ability to write anything very coherent, let alone insightful. But, my realization of that, in my opinion, lends both beauty and strength to my life. I can…

  • Ah, Garfield

    It is pretty difficult to argue that Mondays are not imperfect days. But they can also be beautiful days. Today has not been a physically beautiful day at all. Yesterday, I was wearing shorts and sitting outside to read. Tonight should be the first frost. And, since it was Monday, I had to put on…

  • Humorous discoveries

    I feel like this adds to my argument that the definition of wabisabi should involve humor. One of the people I have been reading lately in my journey to understand what I’m doing in trying to create a business is Seth Godin. I won’t recommend a particular book, as I’ve only read 4 or 5,…

  • The necessity of lifelong study. . .

    So I’ve been studying the Japanese language in a fairly serious manner for 4 or 5 years now, and I’m not terrible at it, but I’m not great at it either. I probably wouldn’t embarrass you very badly if we were walking around in Japan together. I also probably wouldn’t leave people thinking that I…