Andrew Juniper
Autor de Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
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Andrew Juniper runs the Wabi Sabi Design Company in the South of England and also translates for UK and Japanese government bodies.
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Wabi-sabi (侘寂) represents Japanese aesthetics and a Japanese world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection.
Really wanted to like this book as it is a topic that truly interests me, but didn't like the writing style. I gave up part way through the writing about the tea ceremony. I might come back to it in the future.
Helpful read. Repetitive at times. Missing some salient points, like the quality of objects that age well. All in all, a good introduction.
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From there, he went on to the spiritual concepts and then on to design.
He ended the book well, by giving us an example of an old African shawl, stating that the African embodied the philosophy of Wabi-Sabi more than some modern Japanese do.
Overall, an excellent book that weaves the practical with the spiritual, and some warnings.… (más)