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Title: Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren ISBN: 1-880656-12-4 Publisher: Stone Bridge Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It's one of the few books that's changed my life.
Comment: A magnificent introduction to an aesthetic sensibility I was always aware of, and appreciated, but didn't imagine had a name. Thanks to this small but finely-honed book I now understand the intellectual underpinnings of a profound way of looking at the world. Wabi-sabi--the name of this beauty/mindset--is the perfect antidote to my frenetic, digital life. I've given this book as a gift to friends and have received many heartfelt thanks.
Rating: 4
Summary: This book is quiet and beautiful
Comment: It brings to light a new way of seeing in an ancient way of being. It is a small simple book, fitting for its content, that allows you to open your senses as you read it. Wabi-sabi in a word explains what many know already, life is all there in nature. It also shows us the wonder of decay and the beauty concealed therein.
Rating: 5
Summary: On Using This Book in Every-Day Life:
Comment: In my office building there is a small room used as a refreshment station. Today, when I was in there, I noticed that the florescent light in a vending machine was flickering -- like they do when they are about to burn out. It's a small detail but in the context of my office it was an existential slap in the face. There, in the midst of symmetrical, beige cubicles and sparkling countertops, I found a flaw. It was almost pretty -- a reminder that the fractal forces of nature had not been fully arrested by my employer.
I stood for almost a full minute watching, half expecting a white-suited maintenance team to rush in and execute emergency repairs. The rows of candy, cookies, and gum danced a little as the light flickered on their perfectly-printed Mylar surfaces. With an empty coffee cup in my hand, I cocked my head to the side and was reminded of the way sunlight plays in tall grass when the wind is blowing.
If you do not already see things like this, Koren's observations may not be useful; but if you do, allow yourself to be absorbed by this book.
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Title: Wabi Sabi Style by James Crowley, Sandra Crowley, James ISBN: 1586850105 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: 20 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: The Unknown Craftsman: A Japanese Insight into Beauty by Soetsu Yanagi, Soetsu Tanagi, Muneyoshi Yanagi ISBN: 0870119486 Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: February, 1990 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence by Andrew Juniper ISBN: 0804834822 Publisher: Charles E Tuttle Co Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: In Praise of Shadows by Junichiro Tanizaki, Charles Moore, Edward G. Seidensticker, Thomas J. Harper ISBN: 0918172020 Publisher: Leete's Island Books Pub. Date: December, 1988 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Katachi: Classic Japanese Design by Takeji Iwamiya, Kazuya Takaoka ISBN: 0811825477 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: August, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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