tech-slick and wabi-sabi

Wabi Sabi Nature focused Authentic Allows things to age Subtleties Intuitive Personal One-of-a-kind In the moment The whole Open and unresolved Appreciation Seasonal Flexibility Tolerates ambiguity Paradoxical Unrefined Elegant Fractal Organic Living Handcrafted Soft edges Patina Stone Listens Sees Receptive Slow Humble Plain Reflective Mindful Heartfelt Warm

Tech Slick Technology focused Copied Strives for eternal youth Bold and obvious Rational Impersonal Conformity and sameness Future oriented Separated into parts Works toward closure Depreciation Quarterly Stability Intolerance of ambiguity Black and white Refined Ornate Square and measured Geometric Artifact Mass-produced Hard edges Plastic Steel Talks Shows Arrogant Fast Proud Fancy Unconscious Mindless Heartless Cold

modernism and wabi-sabi

Modernism A logical, rational world-view Absolute Looks for universal, prototypical solutions Mass-produced/modula Expresses faith in progress Future-oriented Believes in the control of nature Romanticizes technology People adapting to machines Geometric organization of form (sharp, precise, and edges) The box as metaphor (rectilinear, precise, contained) Artificial materials Ostensibly slick Needs to be well-maintained Is intolerant of ambiguity and contradiction Everlasting

Wabi Sabi An intuitive world-view Relative Looks for personal, idiosyncratic solutions One-of-a-kind/variable There is no progress Present-oriented Believes in the fundamental uncontrollability of nature Romanticizes nature People adapting to nature Organic organization of form (soft, vague shapes and edges) The bowl as metaphor (free shape, open at top) Natural materials Ostensibly crude Accommodates to degradation and attrition Is comfortable with ambiguity and contradiction To every thing there is a season

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