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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-05-09 11:42 PM
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Would these be considered Wabi-Sabi?
Edited on Mon Oct-05-09 11:43 PM by Adsos Letter
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Celebration Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 04:13 AM
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1. Wabi-Sabi may be in the eye of the beholder
I love these pictures, but they say more "perfection" to me than beauty through imperfection. It might work as a Wabi-Sabi for me if the glass was cracked, and the paint peeling.

But, what do I know?

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HappyCynic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-06-09 12:06 PM
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2. Some helpful words, hopefully
I agree with Celebration that your pictures, while great, probably wouldn't be considered wabi-sabi (with the second picture closer due to the wear on the white frame). Here's something I hope is helpful. It's the first few lines of the introduction in Leonard Koren's book, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers.

Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
It is a beauty of things modest and humble.
It is a beauty of things unconventional.
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