wabi-sabi wannabe

What is wabi-sabi?  I've been hearing these words here and there. I am curious.  I read here that it means: " Pared down to its barest essence, wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection and profundity in nature, of accepting the natural cycle of growth, decay, and death. It's simple, slow, and uncluttered-and it reveres authenticity above all."

What? No more shocking pink plastic?  No more lips dipped in sprinkles?

So, trying to understand wabi sabi, here is what I found.

I think this is wabi-sabi (found via Notcot). It's actally Yalos, the turkish-or is it greek? word for driftwood.

Also this is wabi-sabi,  according to Sköna Hem

The most wabi sabi blog I know is the blog of wooowyk.celine

where i found this:  

I don't know what it is but I'll call it wabi sabi.

If you don't now her work, here is  celine's own art work, totally wabi and sabi:

She does web better than spiders, and dew better than... dew.

Celine's  ceramic work is so graceful, look:

Comments

[Liberty Post Editor]

I don't believe it. You can't be a wannabe. You're just wobby sobby and a little confused at the moment. Bring back the candy lips.

[shilvia]

truly informative post corine...i never heard of such!!!and boy, it sure does look interesting :)

[wooow...yk.celine]

Thank you so much to put my babies here! YES! They are the products of my own....the cups and the web for my cup show.
But the third picture is come from HELLA Jongerius .
Celine

[P.]

How beautiful and serene. My apartment is anything but serene (both my boyfriend and I are ardent collectors of things). Sometimes it's just...UGH. Too. Much. Stuff. It makes me long to start over with a fresh slate, choosing everything carefully to create a calming, soothing place for the eye to rest.

But I suppose it starts with the right state of mind. Perhaps my head is too chaotic!

[shill]

they are lovely!!!

[shill]

they are lovely!!!

[Angelina]

I love the Celine part.
Thanks for the information on this new concept. I was probably wabi sabi but didn't know...

[karina]

I love your blog,and your last posts are just brilliant!
I am,too, mistaking Greek and Turkish.

[miss sunrise]

J'adore les poissons en bois flotté! jolie idée pour occuper les enfants à la plage.....

[Irene@The Happy Turtle]

My favorite wabi-sabi, is pebbles. Remember darling Diane Keaton next to THE Jack Nicholson in "Something's Gotta Give"? That is so me!
I put them in jars, in hurricane lamps with pebbles and driftwood. I must show you one day.
We also have a driftwood turned into table that we "stole" some years ago. I so much love touching it, so many stories it has to tell...
As the "yalos" people say, the site is turkish, they have adopted the greek word for "coastline", though seashore might be more approprite in giving away the coloquialism.
Thank you for your e-mail the other day. I didn't have achance to answer it or your post on being famous which graciously mentioned me and my blushing cheeks...Carpe diem.

[Danette]

Wabi-sabi is nice, but those candy sprinkled lips, those are a must have.

[alis]

Yalos isn't a turkish word, but the blog is turkish alright. We really don't have a word for driftwood, I have to keep calling it "piece of wood that came drifting from the sea"..

[Peonies and Polaroids]

Hmmm, there was me thinking wabi sabi was a sushi ingredient.

I love the jars of pebbles, sand and twigs.

[muralimanohar]

I love the idea of wabi-sabi. I love the simplicity, the found nature of it, the creativity and eye to seeing beauty in the most mundane things. But I don't think I could go exclusively wabi-sabi...a little TOO simple for me! rofl

[andrea]

Wonderful philosophy and I LOVE those fish.

[gretchen]

in japanese culture wabi sabi also means that imperfections make a thing more special/valuable. a glass vase with a single air bubble in it. the bubble is the thing that makes the vase more interesting, more memorable, more itself, less like all the other vases.

now that i think about it, my whole life is wabi sabi.