Wabi Sabi For Artists, Designers, Poets, and Philosophers by Leonard Koren

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Available from Kobo Shop & Gallery when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Leonard Koren trained as an artist and architect. Originally published in 1994. 96 pp. Paperback. From the book: “Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. It is a beauty of things modest and humble. It is a beauty of things unconventional.” From NYTimes, Sept 23 2010: "At the heart of Japanese philosophy and wisdom lies a concept called ‘wabi-sabi’; a term which denotes a commitment to the everyday, the melancholic, the somewhat broken and the imperfect. It’s a ter