A Japanese philosophy that originated in the 15th century as a reaction to the prevailing aesthetic of luxury, wabi-sabi is the art of finding beauty in imperfection and the ephemeral nature of life.
Rearrange, reorganize, replace, repeat
Until everything around you looks perfect and neat
The advice applies to your personal grooming, home and workplace
No specks of dirt, each task complete, no wrinkle in place
Cleanliness and organization are synonymous
With a person successful and industrious
To strive to improve your environment, leave it spotless
Is the mark of someone making progress..
Work towards perfection constantly, in every way
To feel accomplished at the end of the day
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That summed up a lifetime of advice given to me
I did strive towards this vision of perfection, naturally
Until I started to feel vague stirrings of discontent
Things looked mostly perfect as was my intent
The world conspired to bring me to a moment of revelation
I found the concept of “wabi-sabi”, to my fascination
This was precisely the concept I needed to find
Even though it contradicted everything in my mind..
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Imperfect, transient, earthy and rooted in authenticity
To embrace the world, flawed in its beauty
To slow down, observe, let things be as they exist
The impulse to change or improve them, try to resist
I am warming up to this concept gradually
Leaving things undisturbed rather than be in a frenzy
To make them perfect, unblemished or too clean
To see some things in the world as they were meant to be seen
Passion...unbridled 