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[-] Cagi@lemmy.ca 92 points 4 months ago

It's more than acceptance, its saying its the little imperfections that make something even more endearing than if they were perfect. A bit of wabi-sabi gives character, or makes things feel less sterile, or more natural. Perfection can be less pleasant than imperfection. Not always, I want my airplane engines made perfectly. But something like handmade clay plates and bowls with wabi-sabi are great.

Huh, it's got some similarities to the Persian flaw, thinking about it. The intentional inclusion of an error in Persian rugs as perfection is for God alone. Imperfection is human.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 14 points 4 months ago

TL;DR: the entire vinyl record market

[-] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago

I've had conversations with people about "how can you love the news so much? It's so negative and depressing!"

The best I've explained it is first and foremost you need to understand and appreciate we are a deeply flawed creature and there's a beauty in that. How could someone not love life for that? I am in a dingy alley having a tea right now I can smell garbage, I can hear the drone of the city around me, everything is stained. But if I look up the sky is beautiful and blue, cute girls are walking by, someone is smoking a flavoured cigar.

If you're unwilling to appreciate it all, you will struggle on appreciating any of it. Happiness is what you make of the world around you and if you are not willing to be happy inside no external event will change that.

[-] monkeyman512@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

This is worth more time to think about. Thank you.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 7 points 4 months ago

FYI, one could also interpret Cindy Crawfords' nævus as wabi-sabi. Also we find slight asymmetry more pleasing for the eye. E.g. pictures of faces which are built up by mirroring one half appear as artificial. The scroll of a violin is also slightly asymmetrical.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Dafuq is a nævus? Don't make me Google it, I'm lazy.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago

Obviously in English it's written with 'e': Nevus

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I liked it better when I was trying to guess what it was.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 4 months ago
[-] deezbutts@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Birthmark thingy

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 7 points 4 months ago

These all sound like the same kind of aesthetic as 'hand crafted' where you can tell someone put on the finishing touches or details in a way that matched the materials or is a tiny bit uneven.

[-] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 4 months ago

That's sounds like the intro scene from The Fight Club, where the narrator talks about paying extra for handmade cups because they have little imperfections that make them unique.

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