WABI SABI
Esalen Institute
Big Sur, California
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AT THE EDGE OF NOTHINGNESS
On a metaphysical level, wabi-sabi is a beauty at the edge of nothingness. That is, a beauty that occurs as things devolve into, or evolve out of, nothingness. Consequently, things wabi-sabi are subtle and nuanced.
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Because things wabi-sabi reveal “honest“ natural processes such as aging, blemishing, deterioration, etc., they graphically mirror our own mortal journeys through existence. Accordingly, interacting with wabi-sabi objects and environments surely inclines us towards a more graceful acceptance of our existential fate.
LEONARD KOREN
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The Esalen Institute is an American retreat center and intentional community in Big Sur, California, which focuses upon humanistic alternative education
www.esalen.org