"This is an updated version of the enduring classic that first introduced the concept of ""imperfect beauty"" to the West. Text, images, and book design seamlessly meld into a wabi-sabi-like experience.
""Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete . . .
. . . wabi-sabi could even be called the ""Zen of things,"" as it exemplifies many of Zen's core spiritual-philosophical tenets . . . Wabi-sabi is the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese beauty. 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 . . . Wabi-sabi, in its purest, most idealized form, is precisely about the delicate traces, the faint evidence, at the borders of nothingness . . ."""
By:
Leonard Koren Imprint: Imperfect Publishing Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 215mm,
Width: 142mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 198g ISBN:9780981484600 ISBN 10: 0981484603 Pages: 96 Publication Date:03 November 2008 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Leonard Koren, trained as an artist and architect, writes books about design and aesthetics.
