Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers

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Title: Wabi-Sabi: For Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Author: Leonard Koren
Publisher: Stone Bridge Press
Year: 1994
96 pages

The irony of trying to say something categorical about wabi-sabi isn't lost on this author. As a Western, modernist, taxonomically-driven type, I appreciated it, however antithetical it may be to the essence of wabi-sabi. Generally enjoyable as a pensee or exercise. It ends rather suddenly, which I found harsh given the tone. I read it on Danish modern furniture, but reflected on it in the overgrown garden with the stone patio my mother prefers "When it's gukhy, not clean." Honeysuckle wilts. The kiwi hides the moon.