Wabi-Sabi

LttL reader Corrie passed along the following item she came across in Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life:

Coining a new world to describe how she feels sometimes, Rosenthal defines "wabi-sabi" this way: "I'm talking about complete happiness and complete sadness simultaneously, the way Van Morrison's music makes you feel, let's say."

I'd have to agree, Van's good at flipping that particular switch, especially in songs like "Astral Weeks," "In the Garden," "Queen of the Slipstream," and a masterpiece from the new album Magic Time, "Celtic New Year."

Comments

[Corrie]

I like how Rosenthal used wabi-sabi and Van, but some other wabi-sabi projects are a little frightening:

"charges down avenues of meticulous noise:" http://www.mp3.com/wabi-sabi/artists/278977/summary.html

"The environment that I endeavor to create on resined egg shells:" http://www.wabi-sabi.net/