The traditional Japanese aesthetic is, conversely ... what one sees The book reinforces the benefit that understanding words particular to different languages can bring: we can see the world ...

“Classical Japanese philosophy,” Graham Parkes and Adam Loughnane summarize in Japanese Aesthetics, “understands reality ... the mind than in the Western traditions.” Art, in other words, is not ...

Wabi-sabi is a traditional Japanese aesthetic that celebrates imperfections and natural elements. It's a design approach that ...

(Westerners began to study Japanese aesthetics only in the past two centuries ... and an appreciation for transience. The word means "simplicity," and that's what the idea is all about: getting ...

It has featured in Japanese anime cartoons which ... the flaws in the mended object. The word developed an additional sense indicating an aesthetic or world view characterised by embracing ...

"Our next challenge is to explore the essence of Japanese aesthetics and use finely honed ... achieve a cabin ambiance of "ma," the Japanese word for space. The goal is three-dimensional depth ...

for the Japanese word for cute. In the parlance of Internet culture, the suffix “-core” denotes a visual aesthetic, a style evacuated of its deeper substance. Cottagecore, perhaps the most ...