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the importance of transcending conventional ways of looking and thinking about things / existence and the acceptance of transience & imperfection. " Wabi-sabi is ambivalent about separating beauty from non-beauty or ugliness. The beauty of wabi-sabi i...  

about USD 2.75 and because it had example photos ; ) Thanks for the comment 'neunelfs'...

Sounds like a good read

another quote... "... how do you exercise the restraint that simplicity requires without crossing over into ostentatious austerity? How do you pay attention to all the necessary details without becoming excessively fussy? How do you achieve simplicity wit... 

Cheers, Filip

Things easily coexist with the rest of their environment. The aesthetic philosophy of Kyoto's oldest and most famous inn is pure wabi-sabi, to wit " no one object or element in any room shall stand out above any other " and " thou shalt not revere the old... 

reminded me of the Japanese philosophy of hyper-lean manufacturing processes which I have been introduced to by reading interviews with Dr. Andy Palmer who had spent decades working at Nissan before becoming the CEO of Aston Martin. He is British and marr... 

I am familiar with the 看板 (kanban) scheduling system for JIT / lean manufacturing as developed by Toyota. BTW, Carlos Ghosn still has quite the following here after his success at Nissan... funny story about him having a small fender bender in Tokyo many ... 

quite an interesting read if you get the time to type it up or simply paste a link to an article somewhere! Cheers, Filip

This is really good

+1 Wow...

...'Cabo Wabo' but without the tequila? : )

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The bigger stores have a decent English (and other foreign language) book section... also used CDs

I will go search this out. Best, Giles.

a nice little reference book if you can find a used copy... published in 1994. Support your local book store ; )

Highly recommended. Now I must see if I can actually find it. Jeff

The original "Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers" by Leonard Koren (1994) and an updated edition in 2008. I can understand why you enjoyed this book... it belongs on the reference shelf ; ) "Wabi-Sabi: Further Thoughts" (2014) was ... 

I really like such writings and books..

Share some photos if and when you have a chance... Casey

Last time.. there was a masthead in the photography forum.. now its gone..

The photo hosting site I was using changed their rules and no longer allow links so all those photos are gone, more recently Forum54 was purchased... that migration is ongoing and/or the links are invalid and/or the links are broken. A search turned up on... 

I will try to post if i can stay in this forum.. Yang