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Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers

By: Leonard Koren
Narrated by: Brian Richy
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Summary

An updated version of the seminal 1994 classic volume on the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. Nearly every book with "wabi" or "wabi sabi" in the title is based on the concepts first elucidated in this book.  

Wabi-sabi is the quintessential Japanese aesthetic. It 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....

©2008 Leonard Koren (P)2020 Upfront Books Aesthetics Art Philosophy
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Not much more to say outside of the title. It’s good at explaining a complex cultural idea to the point where you wonder why so many people struggled to do so before

Short and Informative

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Brilliant and thoroughly mind opening. A great insight into the quiet and sleepy world which lies between the "going to and coming from"

Great!

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A good read about Wabi Sabi concept applying into life. Narration is nice and calm. Can get a better idea about the concept and multiple perspectives.

A calm read

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