“Beauty can be coaxed out of ugliness. Wabi-sabi is ambivalent about separating beauty from non-beauty or ugliness. The beauty of wabi-sabi is in one respect, the condition of coming to terms with what you consider ugly. Wabi-sabi suggests that beauty… — Leonard Koren Copy Share Image
“If you’re not attempting to get someone to see, feel, think, or act in a particular manner, why bother communicating at all?” — leonard koren Copy Share Image
“Get rid of all that is unnecessary. Wabi-sabi means treading lightly on the planet and knowing how to appreciate whatever is encountered, no matter how trifling, whenever it is encountered. [...] In other words, wabi-sabi tells us to stop our preoccupation with success--wealth, status, power, and luxury--and enjoy the unencumbered life. Obviously, leading the simple wabi-sabi life requires some effort… — Leonard Koren Copy Share
“Whether it's trying to convince others that something is more true, more virtuous, or more desirable--all communication is rhetoric in action.” — Leonard Koren Copy Share Image
“Things are either devolving toward, or evolving from, nothingness. As dusk approaches in the hinterlands, a traveler ponders shelter for the night. He notices… — Leonard Koren Copy Share Image
“Beauty can be coaxed out of ugliness. Wabi-sabi is ambivalent about separating beauty from non-beauty or ugliness. The beauty of wabi-sabi is in one… — Leonard Koren Copy Share Image
“But when does something's destiny finally come to fruition? Is the plant complete when it flowers? When it goes to seed? When the seeds… — Leonard Koren Copy Share Image
