In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi centres on the acceptance of transience and imperfection, often described as the appreciation of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete”. We often think of the imperfect aspect of wabi-sabi on its’ own, imperfection something almost foreign to those of us living in the West inundated with ads for products,
Author: Mark
Poetry
That Certain Beauty
I saw that beauty once,through the window of a passing car,or perched on the naugahyde chairat the end of my melamine table. I heard that beauty once,heralded by a tinkly bell laugh,that raised the hair on my arm,and spoke of joy. I touched that beauty once,the electricity lingerslong after the
Geekstuff
CapPYccino
If there are two things you might have guessed about me IRL they would be that I have a rather strong admiration for coffee (French roast, black with sugar please) and a love of ‘lists’. While I was working on PyCommando I realized if I made it more generic the
Poetry
Sunset
Sunset fades into darknessedged by violet and green,fuzzed at the horizonin a wisp of fogwaiting to descendand drop prisms of wateron the morning leavesdraped on the sumacthat rings my garden. Family fades to distanceedged by glints of sunlight,fuzzed by adventures callin a line of asphaltwaiting to be drivenbetween McDonalds french
Life
Diversity is Strength
I have been thinking about this a lot, especially with the end of Pride Month and Canada Day upon us, with all the attacks on immigrants and LGBTQ+ people we see on TV, or in some folks cases their own street. I am lucky, ‘blessed’ might be too strong of
Poetry
We Have Warts
We aren’t perfect,too many cold nights.mozzies and humidity,I suspect.We say “Sorry!”far too often IMHO,though unlike our neighbours,when we say it, we mean it!We don’t treat our First Nationswith the ‘Do Unto Others…’ rule,and we did have a head tax,on Chinese workers,and imprisoned Japanese folks,during WW2.But we did invent insulin,poutine and