Wabi Sabi

Wabi Sabi: "Wabi implies a rustic simplicity...a quietness, freshness and irregularity...and sabi is about the beauty and grace that only become visible with age. Wabi sabi is a way of viewing the world that accepts the impermanence and imperfections of our surroundings and existence. Spending time with something not conventionally beautiful, but rundown instead, maybe even what you consider ugly, can be incredibly enlightening, aesthetically exciting and inspiring. Thinking about its life, its past and what it may become is an invaluable creative contemplation of time and life that will lead to a richer way of expressing yourself...and give you reason for seeing with new eyes. We are bombarded with images of beauty and perfection, but it is the images of real life and subtle imperfections that will always resonate with us more deeply." ~ philippa stanton/conscious creativity

 

 i LOVE this book!

it's just what i needed to kick my creativity

in the arse... and the author has synesthesia!!!

i'm so jealous...i want to be able to experience

the world like that!

 

A Borderless Land

(image source unk)

 

"there is a stand of undeveloped jungle.. a place

of indigeneity within each of us..that can never

be domesticated. it is a borderless land..beyond

personality and convention..even beyond thought..

where pure creativity arises. like the signature

song of a tropical bird..the spiraling of an

arbutus tree..the evening scent of a jasmine

bush..there is an essence in each of us intended

to be expressed. few make the trek into this

creative wild..because the path requires great

vulnerability. to come into our true originality..

we must surrender the layers of numbness we

use to protect our hearts"

"many take the path well worn..but they are only
given a half lived life. to those willing to brave
the unknown path..the dark thicket.. a
remembering of love..magic..and purpose
returns. there is a wild woman under our skin
who wants nothing more than to dance until
her feet are sore..sing her beautiful grief into
the rafters..and offer the bottomless cup of her
creativity as a way of life. and if you are able
to sing from the very wound that you've worked
so hard to hide..not only will it give meaning to
your own story..but it becomes a corroborative
voice for others with a similar wounding."
~toko pa turner