My life is broken, someone pour some gold into the cracks.

Yes I do.... I got a (beautiful because it works)zero turn lawn mower that's ugly... I love that mower... and that ugly push mower and ugly weed eater and our youngest dog is ugly. I love all of them. Lol..... I'm going to stop right here.

I prefer the macabre and chilling aesthetic. Wabi-sabi falls right in there for me. I like things with a patina, history and character.

There's a certain lifelessness in symmetry. There needs to be something to break the monotony of a bleak horizon. A crooked smile may be the only indicator of a sage wit.

“Blessed are those with cracks in their broken heart because that is how the light gets in.”

• Shannon L. Alder

I'm kind of all about this.

Much rather have an old worn piece than a brand new piece of crap. Aesthetically.

I think everyone is Wabi-Sabi.

Absolutely!, it takes up to three years of wear and tear for my wrangler jeans to become beautiful!

old frisbees. I have too many. a couple are highly collectible. they aren't scuffed, scratched, or bent or bleached from sitting in the sun, but my favorites are.

To find true beauty is to find perfection even in imperfection

That bowl is beautiful.
I've worked in clay/small-scale sculpture and building various things with reclaimed barn wood.
The old, worn, rustic look is very easy on the eyes as far as I'm concerned.

24/7... perfect is too completed to be useful.

Don't touch my Wabi -Sabi. Last time someone touched it they cut some of it off. Ouch!!!

The universal is an idealization, it is the conception of beauty as perfection. Leaving an imperfection in place, makes a work of art particular, a particular whose beauty is superior because it is not an idealization, instead it becomes the universal particular.

I am an artist, so yes, and I have made many a raku pot that broke and I mended creatively. (Couldnt afford gold)

I readily enjoy the minimalism of this, even how few things are arranged bring value such as flower displays.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. There is inherent beauty in everything and everyone in the world. You just have to have the open mind to see it and accept it all.

i decided a while ago that in order to stay sanely confident at my age, i'll have to start embracing imperfection. not sure yet whether i'll fill my facial creases with gold though.

Since I was a teenager, if I saw an old bldg, I tried to think what might be done with it to make it useful again. I have, scattered about my home, odds and ends, and bits and pieces of broken items that I'm sure will come in handy for something.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

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Interesting read with 2 other parts.

Absolutely! Imperfections are what make us unique. They are like mile markers on a road, with each flaw or scar being part of our journey.

I had to think about this. I was tiling the shower with foot square tiles. I accidentally stepped on one and broke it in 3 pieces, damn. Later I as doing the splash back for the sink and thought I would do a collage of left over pieces. A brain fart hit me and I used the piece I stepped on, added a small additional piece and, WA-la a neat center piece. In construction and art Wabi-Sabi can offer an unplanned surprise.