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Summary: sad sad sad
Review: The schematization of 'ineffable qualities' into a how to book. I find this deeply essentially offensive - if it were only idiotic I wouldn't care. To take what is probably the most sophisticated and subtle and DIFFICULT mind-unset ever expressed on this planet and reduce it to formulas, slogans and 'decorative schemes'. If you read this book and 'get so much out of it' and 'apply it with marvelous results to your daily life' or 'learn to accept imperfection in myself and others' you will probably not have a clue to what I'm saying.
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Summary: Read this book and save the planet.
Review: This exquisite little volume is food for the soul. It should be required reading for our species. It is a subtle wake-up call...which we need to take to heart...we need to re-evaluate what we produce. We need to re-evaluate the legacy we leave. This book illustrates the respect we should have for nature. It illustrates the inspiration we should find in nature. We have become a society producing perishable goods, much of which has little or no merit. Mr. Koren opens our eyes to the merit of producing goods which earn dignity with age, use and wear. It is truly an aesthetic for our time.
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Summary: Simple, beautiful
Review: This is a wonerfully crafted book of basic definitions for those who have never heard the term Wabi-Sabi. The pictures not only strengthen the points the author makes but also illustrate what he can't put into words. Wabi-Sabi is an aesthetic that mostly lives in the ditches, basements, and out-of-the-way places of modern American society. This book gives the license and some philosophical tools to explore the simple life as a thing of beauty contrary to the glittering clutter often thrown at us in every aspect of our lives.
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Summary: Simple, beautiful
Review: This is a wonerfully crafted book of basic definitions for those who have never heard the term Wabi-Sabi. The pictures not only strengthen the points the author makes but also illustrate what he can't put into words. Wabi-Sabi is an aesthetic that mostly lives in the ditches, basements, and out-of-the-way places of modern American society. This book gives the license and some philosophical tools to explore the simple life as a thing of beauty contrary to the glittering clutter often thrown at us in every aspect of our lives.
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