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Post by kate on Feb 3, 2024 20:09:02 GMT
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Post by kate on Feb 4, 2024 8:32:28 GMT
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Post by dreampolice on Feb 4, 2024 8:37:49 GMT
Kath's bulbs reminded me of this one. Prefer yours though Kath.  broken bulb by Nigel G, on Flickr |
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Post by dreampolice on Feb 4, 2024 8:38:30 GMT
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Post by dreampolice on Feb 4, 2024 8:40:25 GMT
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Post by dreampolice on Feb 4, 2024 8:46:28 GMT
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Post by kate on Feb 4, 2024 8:53:30 GMT
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Post by dreampolice on Feb 4, 2024 8:58:31 GMT
I must admit, I am finding it a bit hard getting my head around Wabi Sabi and not sure if my photo's above are actually fitting, lol.
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Post by peterob on Feb 4, 2024 9:00:56 GMT
I must admit, I am finding it a bit hard getting my head around Wabi Sabi and not sure if my photo's above are actually fitting, lol. Closer than mine I think. I've read and read the description linked to in the original post but it makes no sense to me at all. |
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Post by dreampolice on Feb 4, 2024 9:09:23 GMT
I must admit, I am finding it a bit hard getting my head around Wabi Sabi and not sure if my photo's above are actually fitting, lol. Closer than mine I think. I've read and read the description linked to in the original post but it makes no sense to me at all. I think the wiki link hasn't helped me either. I put Wabi Sabi in the search field on Flickr just now. The photos actually are more similar to what is posted so far, so according to Flickr we are on the right track! |
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Post by peterob on Feb 4, 2024 9:26:04 GMT
Closer than mine I think. I've read and read the description linked to in the original post but it makes no sense to me at all. I think the wiki link hasn't helped me either. I put Wabi Sabi in the search field on Flickr just now. The photos actually are more similar to what is posted so far, so according to Flickr we are on the right track! Ok - I tried the Flickr search. I see what you mean. I'm no clearer really but it is only a few days into February. Maybe it will click. I was thinking it had to be a place where the environment was organised to some degree, but not perfectly, and which bestowed a sense of calm so that one would want to dwell and relax and take in the surroundings (hence the gardens). |
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Post by dreampolice on Feb 4, 2024 9:44:26 GMT
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Post by Kath on Feb 4, 2024 9:58:09 GMT
Believe it or not, it inspired me to write one too. I'd love to 'hear' that too! |
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Post by kate on Feb 4, 2024 10:06:12 GMT
Believe it or not, it inspired me to write one too. I'd love to 'hear' that too! Broken dreams love lost those stolen times still burn bright and light my darkness. |
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Post by Kath on Feb 4, 2024 10:13:12 GMT
I've been thinking about it in terms of kintsugi which you will no doubt have heard of...if not it's the practice of mending broken ceramics etc with gold. The idea being that instead of just chucking something away, you celebrate the beauty of its history, including the breakage, and end up making something more beautiful because of it. (Or at least, that's my interpretation). I feel wabi-sabi is basically looking for beauty in simplicity, that may be a bit broken but which in a way is elevated by that. Or something that is rough hewn but more precious because of it. I experienced this sense when my son was born. He had a huge scar on his neck/shoulder from where he'd caught on my pelvic bone as I was trying to deliver him, but all I could think was that it just emphasised how perfect the rest of him was. I'm sure I'd have preferred him not to be scarred, obviously, but the nurses were all keen to tell me it would fade and not to worry about it and I couldn't quite get how to tell them that not only did it not matter that he had this mark, but that it made him all the more precious. There's a photographer whose name I've totally forgotten now, who photographed a widower in (I think) Brighton, and followed him around documenting his life. One photograph really stood out for me; it was a glass jar with a single daffodil in, stem broken, held up iwth some combination of a lolly stick and an elastic band. It wasn't so much the broken daffodil, but the way he'd cared so much about it to fix it. It was just beautiful. That's wabi-sabi for me. I'm sure there are many many other interpretatoins though! (Found it: kaylynndeveney.com/the-day-to-day-life-of-albert-hastings) |
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