Celebrating what’s Imperfect


At a recent meeting with a group of friends the concept of wabi-sabi came up. I was fascinated with the idea that one can celebrate what’s imperfect. After all, don’t we want things to be prefect, finished, and complete? What if we can actually live with the idea that things are perfect as they are, incomplete, broken, or in process. A quick Google search let me to more information about wabi-sabi, the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection. Author Robyn Griggs Lawrence has written about wabi-sabi, with a book, The Wabi-Sabi House.

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