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Wabi-Sabi Art

By The Daily Dish
Apr 1 2009, 8:17 AM ET

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Japanese artist Shinichi Maruyama describes it thus:

a meshing of black ink and water, both in midair and on white surfaces, before they merge into gray matter. Maruyama refers to the concept of "wabi-sabi," or "the beauty of imperfection and understated elegance."



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