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            [0] => <div class="wikitext"><p class="tightenable top">Since wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or
aesthetic system, it is difficult to explain precisely in western
terms.  According to Leonard Koren, wabi-sabi is the most conspicuous
and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese
beauty and it <em>&quot;occupies roughly the same position in the Japanese
pantheon of aesthetic values as do the Greek ideals of beauty and
perfection in the West.&quot;</em></p>
<p class="tightenable"><i>&quot;Wabi-sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and</i>
<i>incomplete.</i></p>
<p class="tightenable"><i>&quot;It is the beauty of things modest and humble.</i></p>
<p class="tightenable"><i>&quot;It is the beauty of things unconventional.&quot;</i></p>
<p class="tightenable">(quoted from &quot;
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                    [_label] => WABI-SABI: FOR ARTISTS,DESIGNERS, POETS & PHILOSOPHERS
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            [2] => ,&quot; 1994, Leonard Koren)</p>
<p class="tightenable">The concepts of wabi-sabi correlate with the concepts of Zen Buddhism,
as the first Japanese involved with wabi-sabi were tea masters,
priests, and monks who practiced Zen. Zen Buddhism originated in
India, traveled to China in the 6th century, and was first introduced
in Japan around the 12th century. Zen emphasizes <em>&quot;direct, intuitive
insight into transcendental truth beyond all intellectual
conception.&quot;</em> At the core of wabi- sabi is the importance of
transcending ways of looking and thinking about things/existence.</p>
<ul><li class="tightenable bottom">All things are impermanent</li>
<li class="tightenable top bottom">All things are imperfect</li>
<li class="tightenable top">All things are incomplete</li>
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<p class="tightenable">(also taken from WABI-SABI: FOR ARTISTS,DESIGNERS, POETS &amp; PHILOSOPHERS, 1994, Leonard Koren):</p>
<p class="tightenable"><i>Material characteristics of wabi-sabi:</i></p>
<ul><li class="tightenable bottom"><i>suggestion of natural process</i></li>
<li class="tightenable top bottom"><i>irregular</i></li>
<li class="tightenable top bottom"><i>intimate</i></li>
<li class="tightenable top bottom"><i>unpretentious</i></li>
<li class="tightenable top bottom"><i>earthy</i></li>
<li class="tightenable top"><i>simple</i></li>
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<p class="tightenable">For more about wabi-sabi, see 
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    [_description] => Since wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic system, it is difficult to explain precisely in western terms.  According to Leonard Koren, wabi-sabi is the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese beauty and it "occupies roughly the same position in the Japanese pantheon of aesthetic values as do the Greek ideals of beauty and perfection in the West."
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