Represents a
comprehensive worldview or aesthetic centred on the acceptance of transience
and acceptance.
Imperfect,
impermanent and incomplete.
Emptiness and
absence of self-nature
Asymmetry,
asperity, simplicity, austerity, intimacy.
Ingenuous
integrity of natural objects of processes.
Etymology; ‘Wabi’-
Seen in texts from as early as the fourteenth century, inferring the loneliness
of living in nature, remote from society.
‘Sabi’ meaning ‘chill’, lean or withered. In current uses, the combination of both
words has seen a shift towards more positive and warmer connotations.
Understanding
emptiness and imperfection was honoured as the first step the achieving satori
(enlightenment in the Zen sect of Buddhism).
‘Wisdom in natural
simplicity’
From the Mahayna
Buddhism view of the universe, liberation from the material world leads to
transcendence to a simpler life.
‘Genuine
understanding cannot be achieved through words or language, so non-verbal
acceptance is key.’ It has been noted that
to study it is to live life through the senses and better engage with life as
it happens, rather than getting caught upon thoughts.
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