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,
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Words That Should Be In The Dictionary
Ever go looking for a word and find there isn’t one in the dictionary / thesaurus? Happens to me all the time, especially when looking for some pearl of description to add to a poem. Here is my starter list of words that should be in the dictionary. Some might
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Tenalach
Tenalach: A relationship one has with the land, air and water; a deep connection that allows you to literally hear the Earth Sing. – Old Irish Ahh bless the Irish to come up with a single word that encompasses a whole world of meaning, a spirituality of connection, and a
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I’m a Melophile
Music is my religion. Jimi Hendrix I’m a Melophile, I freely admit it. Not an Audiophile, uber-particular about the sound quality of music. I have a brother-in-law who is an audiophile, he collects jazz cd’s (but not Smooth Jazz sadly), always remarking about the quality and purity of the sound.
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Linguaphile For The Love of People
“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.” – Nelson Mandela In Canada we have two official languages, English and French, and until recently the two languages were
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Shinrin-yoku – Forest Bathing
The Japanese are amazing people, able to distill concepts down to their basics and in so doing create incredible beauty of sight, mind and soul. Wabi-sabi is one example, creating beauty in imperfection, like repairing a cracked vase with gold instead of heading to Amazon for a replacement as we