What is Wabi-sabi? Very simply, Wabi-sabi is a Japanese aesthetic and world view upon which beauty stems from imperfection, incompleteness and impermanence. It has origins in Buddhism, and falls very much in tune with Buddhist philosophy. Wabi-sabi can be seen in many forms of Japanese art and architecture, and can even be witnessed in the modest simplicity of the Go board. One side is purposefully longer, thus creating a rectangle, as opposed to a perfect square. This has the added effect of causing the stones to "fight" for space on the board, much like the players are fighting for territory.
I chose "Wabi-sabi" as the title for this blog because, while we may improve ourselves and reach for higher goals, perfection will never be in our reach. Time will run short and our lives will end. The earth will degrade into an empty lifeless rock. Entropy will forever increase and even the universe itself will come to a halt. Nothing lasts forever, nothing is perfect, and it is only by acknowledging the beauty in this simple and inevitable fact, that one can be truly at peace with himself and the world around him.
As for today, no pictures of what I drew because the camera has taken a short vacation. For Go, I have not played any games today because lack of sleep means lack of concentration, but, I did study 5 tsumego problems. My Go books cannot arrive soon enough! Tomorrow I intend to retrieve my bike from my college campus (it's been abandoned there over break) and then I can start riding in the mornings.
Untill next time,
-BuddytheRat