 Wabi sabi is a japanese aesthetic ideal, cherishing the beauty of the worn. As everybody who knows me or my art will know, this is an aesthetic which is very close to my heart. I see and appreciate this kind of worn beauty everywhere I go, and few things make me happier; the tainted wood of an old barn, last year's seed pod, a worn and mended garment from the past, giving testimony of hardship and thrift and telling somebody's story. As part of an art project from the duo Abraham & Sax, this year I've written an essay a month on topics regarding aesthetic philosophy and art. Last mont's essay was about the wabi sabi aesthetic. You can read the whole text here. 
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