Pared down to its barest essence, wabi-sabi is the
Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature, of
accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death. It's simple, slow, and
uncluttered-and it reveres authenticity above all. It reminds us that we are all but transient beings on
this planet-that our bodies as well as the material world around us are in the
process of returning to the dust from which we came. Wabi-sabi is underplayed and modest, the kind of
quiet, undeclared beauty that waits patiently to be discovered.
For someone that has O.C.D., and is constant need of order, the concept of wabi-sabi is a continual work in progress. The following images are ones that I have taken over the years that i find beautiful because of their imperfect state:
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