Wabi = elegance, simplicity.
Sabi = delight in that which is imperfect.
The concept of wabi-sabi aligns with the saying The glass is already broken.
In this age of clutter and hoarding and possessions, there is a delight and a healing that comes with the lack of attachment to any object. It is already broken. Impermanence. It’s not meant to last.
I meditate on one of these bowls: I can imagine the perfect state it was in long ago. I can envision its being dropped and broken to bits. But, now, healed with liquid gold and made whole, there is a greater beauty in its having-been-brokenness. Each of us is broken and that can be celebrated.
