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Bill Monaco's avatar

The SUNDAY MORNING TV SHOW had a piece on kintsugi, maybe you could get more insights and ideas for defense of your article from that resource.

Wabi Sabi is acceptance of impermanence, which we are surrounded by and are oblivious to. Buddhist tradition brings awareness to impermanence and an appreciation for accepting and living a happy life in its presence. Two wonderful topics Tom, thank you.

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Ellen Hanratty's avatar

👍👵❤

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ROBERT BRAUN's avatar

Perhaps there is no state of perfection, but only a state of becoming. Like with science which should never be viewed as perfection but is becoming more as it realizes more.

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Philip Hanratty's avatar

When I read "Wabi-Sabe" I couldn't help translating it to "wasabi"which is Japanese horseradish. Not that it changes the meaning of Wabi-Sabe, but does give it a new flavor.

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Mary Hanratty's avatar

Does something disappear if that something remains a memory somewhere (in one or more minds)? Especially if that something is recorded and/or conveyed to others. *ponders*

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Alison Bell's avatar

But as your editor might ask, "What determines beauty?" I love going down rabbit holes!

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Tom Hanratty's avatar

Thanks, Bill, for your insights on both kintsugi and wabi-sabi. There's a lot to learn from other ways of looking at the world.

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Tom Hanratty's avatar

That sounds good, Rob. Thanks for your insights.

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Tom Hanratty's avatar

Clever, Phil. "new flavor." Pretty good.

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Tom Hanratty's avatar

Good question. I just closed down my website, and I wonder if that remains somewhere in the Ethernet. Do people remain alive, even after they're dead, as long as someone remembers them?

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Tom Hanratty's avatar

"Beauty is truth, and truth beauty," according to Keats. Some of us live in rabbit holes, Alison.

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