- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Adams Media (Nov 10 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1593371780
- ISBN-13: 978-1593371784
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 13.2 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 181 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #418,983 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Wabi sabi is an ancient Japanese aesthetic that values the imperfect, the handmade and the simple. By living the wabi sabi life, Westerners would be seeking to find peace and truth through nature, harmony and the little things. Readers can explore all aspects of this wondrous way of life:- Wabi sabi working - doing what one loves and not overdoing it; Wabi sabi eating - valuing the humble and familiar and savouring the exotic; Wabi sabi socializing - gleaning the lessons of the ancient tea ceremony; Wabi sabi creativity - enriching one's life by; valuing individual moments. The author serves as a highly eloquent guide on the reader's journey to a simpler, more fulfilling life.
About the Author
Richard R Powell studied creative writing and holds a certificate in biblical studies.
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Become aware of the Wabi Sabi You're Already Living, Jan 8 2005
By John Woods - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wabi Sabi Simple: Create beauty. Value imperfection. Live deeply. (Paperback)
In this book, the author looks at the everyday and finds the magic in it. His prose quickly engages and literally sets a mood that helps readers appreciate the ideas he is writing about. In other words, the book itself is an example of what makes Wabi Sabi consciousness special. Although, let me quickly say that Wabi Sabi is like Zen--as soon as you think you have a grip on it, it slips away. With chapters like Wabi Sabi at Home, Wabi Sabi Friends, Wabi Sabi at Work, and Wabi Sabi in the Garden, the author gives us methods and perspectives for more fully appreciating what has always been right in front of our eyes. I have seldom read a book that puts you more in the mood its subject. I highly recommend this book.
45 of 55 people found the following review helpful
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Total waste!! Save yourselves!!, Dec 15 2005
By neophile - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Wabi Sabi Simple: Create beauty. Value imperfection. Live deeply. (Paperback)
This book is masquerading as a book about wabi sabi, but it actually is a collection of rambling, disorganized, incoherent personal journal entries. The topics include some of the most random and inconsequential subjects I have ever encountered. I have many books on wabi sabi and even the how-to books on things such as the wabi sabi house or the wabi sabi garden cover a deeper level of the philosophy in 4-5 pages than this entire book achieves. This is one of those books that you start reading, and within the first sentences you see, immediately start thinking of how to dispose of it. I would feel guilty selling this book to anyone else because it would not only be a waste of the buyer's money but the buyer's time and shelf space. This is, quite seriously, the worst book I currently own.
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Wabi Sabi Subtle, Nov 27 2006
By bronx book nerd - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Wabi Sabi Simple: Create beauty. Value imperfection. Live deeply. (Paperback)
I found this book a bit of a challenge initially because my left, analytical, logical brain was searching for a step-by-step description of what wabi sabi is. Having never heard of wabi sabi, at times I wondered if someone had pulled a fast one me with a spoof of Eastern beliefs and the way Westerners embrace them. As I continued to read I realized that Powell was teaching wabi sabi by writing, shall we say, in a wabi sabi style. He never provides a clear definition, yet his beautiful prose conveys the sense of what wabi sabi is. Powell is a very talented writer, and the book is worth the price just for the prose - elegant, tight, beautiful imagery with sometimes powerful and sometimes subtle metaphors. I would recommend this book as an initial dip into the waters of wabi sabi, with further exploration the responsibility of the reader.
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