Wabi Sabi, A Brief History of an Aesthetic. Part One
Originally, the term Wabi (侘) described an unpleasant personal state and was the nominal form of a verb meaning ‘to feel dejected’, ‘to be exhausted from doing something’, ‘to lead a life of poverty’. The term Sabi, on the other hand, expresses the notions of ‘silence’, ‘solitude’, and ‘the passage of time’. How did Wabi […]