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Influence of Wabi-Sabi on Western Cultures

Wabi-sabi has influenced the Western world in a variety of contexts, including in the arts, technology, media, and mental health, among others.

The arts

Many Western designers, writers, poets and artists have utilized wabi-sabi ideals within their work to varying degrees, with some considering the concept a key component of their art, and others using it only minimally.

Designer Leonard Koren (born 1948) published Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers (1994)[1] as an examination of wabi-sabi, contrasting it with Western ideals of beauty. According to Penelope Green, Koren's book subsequently "became a talking point for a wasteful culture intent on penitence and a touchstone for designers of all stripes."[2]

Wabi-sabi concepts historically had extreme importance in the development of Western studio pottery; Bernard Leach (1887–1979) was deeply influenced by Japanese aesthetics and techniques, which is evident in his foundational book A Potter's Book.

The work of American artist John Connell (1940–2009) is also considered to be centered on the idea of wabi-sabi;[3] other artists who have employed the idea include former Stuckist artist and remodernist filmmaker Jesse Richards (born 1975), who employs it in nearly all of his work, along with the concept of mono no aware.

Some haiku in English also adopt the wabi-sabi aesthetic in written style, creating spare, minimalist poems that evoke loneliness and transience,[citation needed] such as Nick Virgilio's "autumn twilight:/ the wreath on the door/ lifts in the wind".[4]

Technology

During the 1990s, the concept was borrowed by computer software developers and employed in agile programming and wiki, used to describe acceptance of the ongoing imperfection of computer programming produced through these methods.[5]

Media

On 16 March 2009, Marcel Theroux presented "In Search of Wabi Sabi" on BBC Four, as part of the channel's Hidden Japan season of programming, traveling throughout Japan trying to understand the aesthetic tastes of its people. Theroux began by comically enacting a challenge from the book Living Wabi Sabi by Taro Gold, asking members of the public on a street in Tokyo to describe wabi-sabi – the results of which showed that, just as Gold predicted, "they will likely give you a polite shrug and explain that Wabi Sabi is simply unexplainable."[6]

Mental health

Wabi-Sabi has been evoked in a mental health context as a helpful concept for reducing perfectionist thinking.[7]

References

  1. ^ Koren, Leonard (1994). Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 1-880656-12-4.
  2. ^ Green, Penelope (22 September 2010). "An Idiosyncratic Designer, a Serene New Home". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
  3. ^ Hess Art Collection, Hatje Cantz, 2010
  4. ^ Cor van den Heuvel, editor. The Haiku Anthology. Fireside, 1986. ISBN 0-671-62837-2 p285
  5. ^ "Wabi Sabi". Retrieved 2006-11-19.
  6. ^ Gold, Taro. (2004) Taro Gold's Living Wabi Sabi (Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Publishing, ISBN 0-7407-3960-3), p. 6.
  7. ^ Mathews, John (February 23, 2016). "Wabi Sabi: The Simple Beauty of Serene Melancholy". Virginia Counseling. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
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