According to the most trusted resource on the internet, Wikipedia, Wabi-sabi is explained as a "Japanese aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection." It goes much deeper than that as it also involves Buddhist teachings on simplicity, austerity, suffering, etc. As a designer, I have simply summed it up as the appreciation of beauty in imperfect things as opposed to the beauty of perfection. As a Christian, I see a correlation of the saving work of Christ in my life - taking my imperfection and declaring it perfect in Him - to the Wabi-Sabi thought. Perfect and yet imperfect. Perfectly imperfect? For now, I can't go any deeper than that.
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