A road in Jamaica. A need to stop. An old building. The beauty of imperfection. Of impermanence. Simply stated, this is the Japanese concept of Wabi Sabi, a celebration of the imperfect, the impermanent, the incomplete. While Wabi Sabi is closely associated with the Japanese tea ceremony as expressed by Sen no Rikyu (1522-1591) it […]
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