Philosophy

Wabi-Sabi 

Wabi-sabi (侘 び 寂 び) is an aesthetic philosophy centered around embracing imperfection, impermanence, and the incomplete nature of life. The terms wabi and sabi represent two distinct, yet complementary, concepts that come together to describe the beauty of imperfection: 

Wabi is about finding grace and beauty in simplicity and humility. 

Sabi reflects the passage of time and the natural wear of all things—how they age, weather, and decay. 

Together, it creates wabi-sabi: to accept things as they are, appreciate the present moment, and find beauty in the imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete. 

Kintsugi

Kintsugi (金継ぎ), which means “golden joinery” in Japanese, is the art of mending broken pottery by filling in the cracks with lacquer mixed with powdered gold.

Rather than hiding cracks or evidence of breaks, kintsugi calls attention to them, highlighting and enhancing the object's history and imperfections through the beauty of gold.