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Wabi-Sabi Weekend: William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Revolution
On Wabi-Sabi Weekends, I post excerpts from my book, Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House.
“It is common now to hear people say of such and such a piece of country or suburb: ‘Ah! It was so beautiful a year or so ago, but it has been quite spoilt by the building.’ Forty years back the building would have been looked on as a vast improvement; now we have grown conscious of the hideousness we are creating, and we … Continue reading
Wabi-Sabi Weekend: Perfection is Boring
On Wabi-Sabi Weekends, I post excerpts from my book, Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House.
“Today, thank goodness, we are more concerned with the personal than with perfection.”—Billy Baldwin
Super-lush interior design magazines make me neurotic. I’m drawn to them like an addict for a fix—into lush, seductive page after page of stylish, expensive, perfect rooms that I could never in a million years afford. Everything, down to the Andy Goldsworthy books on the tufted … Continue reading
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Wabi-Sabi Weekend: Zen’s Guiding Lights
On Wabi-Sabi Weekends, I post excerpts from my book, Simply Imperfect: Revisiting the Wabi-Sabi House.
Zen’s seven ruling principles are wabi-sabi’s foundation.
Stiff, frozen symmetry and artificial perfection are imagination’s nemesis. More human than godlike, asymmetry is loose and spontaneous.
Simplicity (Kanso)
Zen is sparse, fresh and neat.
Zen asks … Continue reading