DESCRIPTION Wabi-sabi is a stylistic concept and theory that is best understood in terms of the Zen tradition that, over the last thousand years, has nurtured and shaped its creation. Zen attempts artistic expression in ways as pure and sacred as the Zen teachings they manifest; it rejects intellectualism yet pretense and instead strives to uncover and picture the simplicity created by nature's flows.
Wabi-sabi represents the cosmic Zen nihilist...
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