Check out @_SJPeace_’s Tweet: https://twitter.com/_SJPeace_/status/1073699742637547526?s=09 I hate doing videos so happy when someone else does it instead. The short video at the link above promotes the idea of "showing our scars" rather than trying to hide them. This ties to some of my work on wabi sabi and kintsukuroi.
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The Quest for Aesthetic Perfection
The following is an excerpt (first draft) of an article I am writing. The article's title is "Better than New: Reflections on Wabi Sabi as a Metaphor for Christian Perfection." The Greek ideal of beauty is tied to Platonic philosophy. With this, the goal is to conform an object to an ideal form. A carpenter …
“Wabi-Sabi” Redemption
Some time back I had written on the metaphor of "Kintsukuroi" with regards to the Christian Faith... particularly our understanding of humanity (theological anthropology). I noted that in the Japanese pottery artform of "golden repair," beauty is seen in the accentuation of the repairs rather than the hiding of repairs. The making of beauty out …