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Sometimes Wabi has a battery for a heart...

What's all this about "Wabi" ? ? ? *LINK* Posted By: jeff stein Date: 8/24/06 16:38 GMT In Response To: new one for me *PIC* (dathan)

Wabi "The meaning of wabi "

Traditional Japanese products have a special quality about them that attracts the viewer on both a conscious and sub conscious level. This magnetic appeal is both sensual and spiritual, and therefore affects, at least to some degree, people who have had no training at all in aesthetics and are not known for their sensitivity to beauty.

Part of the sensual spiritual appeal that has traditionally been built into Japanese homes and products of all kinds is bound up in the word " wabi " which translates as " quiet of tranquil " with a strong connotation or refined simplicity. One of the most important words in the aesthetic vocabulary of the Japanese, wabi is an essential element in everything Japanese-whether a scene, a shape, size, accessory, decoration, tool, utensil, or whatever, and Japanese know instantly if an object has the wabi look.

Sometimes Wabi has a battery for a heart...

-- Chuck

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