Last week’s take a break on Kintsugi, golden
joinery, lead to this weeks post on Wabi-Sabi the Japanese Art of Impermanence.
This quest for perfection and newness
doesn’t stop with just our smartphones and sports cars. It creeps into every
aspect of our lives, and eventually shuts us off from a natural world that
resists being standardized. However, by ignoring perfection and embracing all
that is worn or asymmetrical, you can begin to see the world differently. This,
says Leonard Koren, will open you up to “the delicate balance between
the pleasure we get from things and the pleasure we get from freedom of
things.”
Today’s take a break is about searching out
Wabi-sabi in your environment and engaging in the world as you find it. Is
there a collapsed barn or old run down building in your neighborhood? What do you find attractive
about it? While cultivated gardens are lovely, look for the wild flowers
shooting up in random spaces. Do you see the beauty in a lined faced? Sometimes
by looking at things carefully, you will see a new use for something that you
thought was destined for trash pile.
Sketch, photography, color, journal or maintain
a mental imagine of what you see that is Wabi-Sabi.
Not interested in today’s
activity, go to the Take a Break Pinterest Board. and pick out something else.
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