Wabi Sabi
Format: kindle
ASIN: B0029KHT9O
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Gorgeous illustrations prop up an ordinary plot about a cat on a quest for information about himself, namely what his name means. I'm not sure I completely got what Wabi Sabi is, it came across to me as kind of a cross between the concept of simplicity, the appreciation of rustic and a little of bei...
Pretty pictures. And the PandaBat enjoyed the haiku.
This is a book that celebrates the concept of wabi sabi - finding beauty in the simple and imperfect. This happens to be one of the ruling philosophies of my life and until I encountered this book I didn't realize it had a name! So basically I think this book is beyond amazing. But I have to be ho...
Read about this in the New York Times: children's book based on a Japanese philosophical aesthetic with pictures created from hand-made paper collages, and it stars a cat. I gave it as a gift to a friend who is obsessed with A) paper making, B) Japanese art and C) cats. So it was a pretty good gift....
16 years ago
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