“Huatou points to this source [of spoken words], this abyss of the unknown. Something unfathomable is present in us, and it cannot be described through words.”
— Guo Gu, The Practice of Wonderment, Lion’s Roar, 2021
“Huatou points to this source [of spoken words], this abyss of the unknown. Something unfathomable is present in us, and it cannot be described through words.”
— Guo Gu, The Practice of Wonderment, Lion’s Roar, 2021
“What comes, will go. What is found, will be lost again. But what you are is beyond coming and going and beyond description. You are It.”
— Rumi
“Choosing the middle path is always a wise course, but knowing the position of the “middle” is a matter of perspective.”
— Rumi
“Wabi-sabi means treading lightly on the planet and knowing how to appreciate whatever is encountered.”
— Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
“Wabi-sabi is an aesthetic appreciation of the evanescence of life. The luxuriant tree of summer is now only withered branches under a winter sky. All that remains of a splendid mansion is a crumbled foundation overgrown with weeds and moss. Wabi-sabi images force us to contemplate our own mortality, and they evoke an existential loneliness and tender sadness. They also stir a mingled bittersweet comfort, since we know all existence shares the same fate.”
— Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
“The closer things get to nonexistence, the more exquisite and evocative they become.”
— Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
“In metaphysical terms, wabi-sabi suggests that the universe is in constant motion toward or away from potential.”
— Leonard Koren, Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers