A beautiful September day. Sun blasting through the atmosphere. Walking back to the rail station after work - "Do long shadows have to do with wabi sabi?"
...there's going to be a lot of rain on this blog. I've found over the years that the best tools for the wabi-sabi seeker are a damn good waterproof coat and hat.
Want to know what wabi-sabi is?
From a mountain temple
the sound of a bell struck fumblingly
vanishes in the mist
Yosano Buson
I lifted this from the wabi sabi ceramics site, where you can also find a pretty good definition of the term. (disclaimer: wabi-sabi means slightly different things to different people - I can only point to what it means to me)
Male nearly 60. Likes sitting in a sheltered spot during gently-falling rain. Or going for a solitary walk during gently-falling rain.
You will by now have gathered that I'm what most Brits would call a miserable git. I prefer to say I'm in pursuit of wabi sabi.
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