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Old 28-05-2017, 08:50 AM
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Three Words to Appreciate Nature.

Three words I like to help appreciate nature.Maybe there is a bit of my interpretation of these words as this is how I use them. The first two words are Japanese while the third is English contrived from either Japanese or Chinese.
Wabi sabi : This means, the profound in the ordinary, the subtle beauty of nature, and the aesthetics of imperfection. How things imperfect are more interesting than things perfect. Perhaps there is too much wabisabi here on my rustic farm.
Shinrinyoku : This literally means, forest bathing but it might be better described as forest therapy. To feel better from a walk into the forest.
Sharawagi : This means pleasing irregularity. I use it to describe the Red Cedar trees I grow here. These trees are flowering trees and not pine trees so the word Cedar has in a technical sense been wrongly used. As a sort of a hobby, I photograph these trees and I like people to appreciated their individuality. They are probably Australia's most valuable tree so every twist is a piece of beautiful and maybe even valuable figured wood, if turned into furniture.
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Old 24-06-2017, 04:01 PM
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Beautiful - nature is beautiful and just... Natural, for lack of a better term.
Serene - peaceful, relaxing, takes us back to our roots, if you will.
Refreshing - nothing makes me feel more refreshed than a rainy day, reading a book by the fire, with the door cracked so the smell of the rain can come in, with the noise of rain on the roof.
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Old 08-07-2017, 01:24 AM
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Old 08-07-2017, 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Treeplanter
Three words I like to help appreciate nature.Maybe there is a bit of my interpretation of these words as this is how I use them. The first two words are Japanese while the third is English contrived from either Japanese or Chinese.
Wabi sabi : This means, the profound in the ordinary, the subtle beauty of nature, and the aesthetics of imperfection. How things imperfect are more interesting than things perfect. Perhaps there is too much wabisabi here on my rustic farm.
Shinrinyoku : This literally means, forest bathing but it might be better described as forest therapy. To feel better from a walk into the forest.
Sharawagi : This means pleasing irregularity. I use it to describe the Red Cedar trees I grow here. These trees are flowering trees and not pine trees so the word Cedar has in a technical sense been wrongly used. As a sort of a hobby, I photograph these trees and I like people to appreciated their individuality. They are probably Australia's most valuable tree so every twist is a piece of beautiful and maybe even valuable figured wood, if turned into furniture.

I am at one with those three words, Treeplanter.

Wabi sabi.... My garden is very Wabi sabi, and so is much of my life!
I meet many in my walk of life who are trying very hard to be perfect. That is a good sentiment in a way, but I prefer to accept imperfections as they have their beauty.

Shinrinyoku (forest bathing) This is the first time I have heard this described by anyone and that there should be a word for it....well.... But there is a big woods that years ago I went to when I didn't feel quite right somehow, and bathed in that forest and came out feeling more whole -every time. My dog and I spent some of the happiest times there. I bathe in that forest now, too. Sometimes I just go there to thank the energies of that place and their friendliness towards me.

Sharawagi (pleasing irregularity) is a part of my life also.

I personally appreciate those three states of being.
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