I spent all afternoon arranging flowers for a tea ceremony and realized I was trying to make them perfect instead of letting them just be what they are and now the whole thing feels forced
More people experience this than they realize.
The attempt to control beauty reveals a fundamental misunderstanding of its ephemeral nature.
“Where Are You with Japanese aesthetics — wabi-sabi mono no aware yugen?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.