I have moments of wabi sabi and I enjoy a bit of wasabi with sushi! :biggrin:

Wabi Sabi..
 

It's a Japanese philosophy focused on accepting the imperfect and transient nature of life, and seeing beauty in what most would see as ugly :icon_eek:

It's a concept derived from Buddhism and the ' Three Marks of Existence '...

Anala,
I had just remembered Hozho and Hozhoni when sky123 mentioned beauty.
I'll bet there is similar philosophies between Wabi Sabi and Hozho.:smile:

Google tells me that the 'Three Marks of Existence' are:
Annica or impermanence.
Which is the foundation of Buddhism and most important of the three.

Dukkha or suffering.
Every experience is marked by some quality of suffering.

Annata or Non-Self.
As Thich Nhat Hanh puts it, impermanence is emptiness in terms of time; non-self is emptiness in terms of space.

Very nice.:smile:

There are many cultures that deliberately put imperfections in their artwork to show our human imperfection.
I was remembering the 'Spirit bead' or 'Spirit path' in Native American art.

I found this sight that is titled (The Art of Deliberate Imperfection)
and sure enough it does mention Wabi Sabi. Nice:smile: .

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2017/0...erfection.html

We all have our imperfections, we age and our bodies decay but we are perfect in the sense of following the Natural flow of life...
Birth, death , transformation.

What you Posted is interesting :smile:

There is a.so Nizhoni, the beauty way, beauty and balance.

I love all the words throughout the world that touch on the same thing.

There is also a Japanese word for mending what is broken (like a cup) mwith gold. In a way honoring the lesson.

:smile:

Ah yes, Nizhoni.
I believe that was the word I wanted to use instead of Hozhoni.
I like all the words Hozho,Hozhoni and Nizhoni and really like the concepts
and Spirit behind the words.:hug3:

A link to the "Walk in Beauty: Prayer from the Navajo people."
https://talking-feather.com/home/wal...vajo-blessing/

I do find acceptance is a key in life.
As the Serenity prayer goes:
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
courage to change the things I can,
and wisdom to know the difference.:smile:

I love the serenity prayer i have heard it many times


Namaste