Meaning of wabi-sabi | Babel Free

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A Japanese aesthetic that derives from imperfection and transience.

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“Tai purchased purple flowers in a wabi-sabi pot for Tara.”

“If Dot were to pick an ideology, hers would be wabi-sabi. Her life is full of decay and beauty in imperfection.”

“Wabisabi is like this! Look! Look. It looks old, but it's not purposely made this way. With the, you know, time it's looking like this! But it still looks beautiful! That's WABISABI!”

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