1head 1.9; 2access; 3symbols; 4locks; strict; 5comment @# @; 6 7 81.9 9date 2010.06.19.19.13.01; author TWikiContributor; state Exp; 10branches; 11next 1.8; 12 131.8 14date 2006.04.01.05.55.23; author TWikiContributor; state Exp; 15branches; 16next 1.7; 17 181.7 19date 2006.02.01.12.01.20; author TWikiContributor; state Exp; 20branches; 21next 1.6; 22 231.6 24date 2003.12.16.06.59.16; author PeterThoeny; state Exp; 25branches; 26next 1.5; 27 281.5 29date 2002.05.12.12.10.08; author MikeMannix; state Exp; 30branches; 31next 1.4; 32 331.4 34date 2002.05.10.04.37.24; author PeterThoeny; state Exp; 35branches; 36next 1.3; 37 381.3 39date 2001.09.14.00.57.44; author MikeMannix; state Exp; 40branches; 41next 1.2; 42 431.2 44date 2001.03.09.07.45.03; author PeterThoeny; state Exp; 45branches; 46next 1.1; 47 481.1 49date 2001.02.03.02.15.16; author PeterThoeny; state Exp; 50branches; 51next ; 52 53 54desc 55@none 56@ 57 58 591.9 60log 61@buildrelease 62@ 63text 64@%META:TOPICINFO{author="TWikiContributor" date="1276974781" format="1.1" version="9"}% 65---+ Wabi-Sabi 66 67<img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/wabisabi.gif" width="251" height="79" alt="Wabi Sabi" align="right"> 68Since wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic system, it is difficult to explain precisely in western terms. According to Leonard Koren, wabi-sabi is the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese beauty and it "occupies roughly the same position in the Japanese pantheon of aesthetic values as do the Greek ideals of beauty and perfection in the West." 69 70Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is the beauty of things modest and humble. It is the beauty of things unconventional. 71 72The concepts of wabi-sabi correlate with the concepts of Zen Buddhism, as the first Japanese involved with wabi-sabi were tea masters, priests, and monks who practiced Zen. Zen Buddhism originated in India, traveled to China in the 6th century, and was first introduced in Japan around the 12th century. Zen emphasizes "direct, intuitive insight into transcendental truth beyond all intellectual conception." At the core of wabi-sabi is the importance of transcending ways of looking and thinking about things/existence. 73 74 * All things are impermanent 75 * All things are imperfect 76 * All things are incomplete 77 78Material characteristics of wabi-sabi: 79 80 * Suggestion of natural process 81 * Irregular 82 * Intimate 83 * Unpretentious 84 * Earthy 85 * Simple 86 87For more about wabi-sabi, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi 88 89__Related Topics:__ WikiCulture, TWikiSite, UserDocumentationCategory 90 91-- __Contributors:__ TWiki:Main/PeterThoeny, TWiki:Main/MikeMannix 92 93%META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="wabisabi.gif" attr="h" comment="Wabi Sabi" date="984123900" path="wabisabi.gif" size="994" user="TWikiContributor" version=""}% 94@ 95 96 971.8 98log 99@buildrelease 100@ 101text 102@d1 3 103a3 1 104%META:TOPICINFO{author="TWikiContributor" date="1111929255" format="1.0" version="8"}% 105d24 3 106a26 1 107For more about wabi-sabi, see http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/artcurr/asian/wabisabi.html 108d28 1 109a28 1 110__Related Topics:__ WikiCulture, TWikiSite 111d30 1 112a30 1 113%META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="wabisabi.gif" attr="h" comment="Wabi Sabi" date="984123900" path="C:\DATA\wabisabi.gif" size="994" user="TWikiContributor" version=""}% 114@ 115 116 1171.7 118log 119@buildrelease 120@ 121text 122@d1 1 123a1 1 124%META:TOPICINFO{author="TWikiContributor" date="1111929255" format="1.0" version="7"}% 125d9 3 126a11 3 127 * All things are impermanent 128 * All things are imperfect 129 * All things are incomplete 130d15 6 131a20 6 132 * Suggestion of natural process 133 * Irregular 134 * Intimate 135 * Unpretentious 136 * Earthy 137 * Simple 138@ 139 140 1411.6 142log 143@none 144@ 145text 146@d1 26 147a26 26 148%META:TOPICINFO{author="PeterThoeny" date="1071557956" format="1.0" version="1.6"}% 149<img src="%ATTACHURLPATH%/wabisabi.gif" width="251" height="79" alt="Wabi Sabi" align="right"> 150Since wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic system, it is difficult to explain precisely in western terms. According to Leonard Koren, wabi-sabi is the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese beauty and it "occupies roughly the same position in the Japanese pantheon of aesthetic values as do the Greek ideals of beauty and perfection in the West." 151 152Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is the beauty of things modest and humble. It is the beauty of things unconventional. 153 154The concepts of wabi-sabi correlate with the concepts of Zen Buddhism, as the first Japanese involved with wabi-sabi were tea masters, priests, and monks who practiced Zen. Zen Buddhism originated in India, traveled to China in the 6th century, and was first introduced in Japan around the 12th century. Zen emphasizes "direct, intuitive insight into transcendental truth beyond all intellectual conception." At the core of wabi-sabi is the importance of transcending ways of looking and thinking about things/existence. 155 156 * All things are impermanent 157 * All things are imperfect 158 * All things are incomplete 159 160Material characteristics of wabi-sabi: 161 162 * Suggestion of natural process 163 * Irregular 164 * Intimate 165 * Unpretentious 166 * Earthy 167 * Simple 168 169For more about wabi-sabi, see http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/artcurr/asian/wabisabi.html 170 171__Related Topics:__ WikiCulture, TWikiSite 172 173%META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="wabisabi.gif" attr="h" comment="Wabi Sabi" date="984123900" path="C:\DATA\wabisabi.gif" size="994" user="thoeny" version=""}% 174@ 175 176 1771.5 178log 179@none 180@ 181text 182@d1 1 183a1 1 184%META:TOPICINFO{author="MikeMannix" date="1021205408" format="1.0" version="1.5"}% 185d7 1 186a7 1 187The concepts of wabi-sabi correlate with the concepts of Zen Buddhism, as the first Japanese involved with wabi-sabi were tea masters, priests, and monks who practiced Zen. Zen Buddhism originated in India, traveled to China in the 6th century, and was first introduced in Japan around the 12th century. Zen emphasizes "direct, intuitive insight into transcendental truth beyond all intellectual conception." 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