Source: Radio New Zealand
The ceramic bowl with an uneven glaze. The teacup mended with gold lacquer.
The images are calming and attractive.
They are said to reflect wabi-sabi – a Japanese aesthetic often summarised in the West as valuing imperfection, impermanence and incompleteness.
Wabi-sabi: things are flawed, things change, and things are never fully finished.
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There’s no concrete answer as to when to give up or adjust a life goal, but staying stuck on something you’re struggling with can have a detrimental impact on your wellbeing, experts say.
Chinese culture and New Zealand culture are like “two mutual friends who have heard of each other but never met”, says Auckland art historian Yang Fan.
LiveNews: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/03/11/what-is-wabi-sabi-will-this-japanese-philosophy-make-me-happy/