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The Art of Japanese Culture through Untranslatable Words; Monday, Fourth Period [01/18].
In their cozy little classroom that week, Shunsui sat this time on his cushion with a small pile of what looked like broken pottery in front of him, as well as a few other things, and the usual offering of tea or cocoa, whichever one his two bright little students might wish to indulge in that afternoon, and he waited for them to get get settled before beginning.
"Konnichiwa, ducklings ♥," he said, "I hope you had a chance to find some example of sabi to share today, but if not, that's all well and good, because we have a lot to do with class today ♥! We're still on the topic of beauty, and, in a way, today's word is a companion to sabi, and, actually, today's word will be two words because we'll be learning another one along with it! But first: wabi:
侘
wabi
(a flawed detail that creates an elegant whole)
"Some might believe that beauty is perfection, but the reality is that very few things in this world....or any other...can acheive true perfection, and the idea of wabi embraces the imperfections in the world and sees them as beautiful ♥. A chip in a well-loved teacup, a delicate scar on a warrior's face, a charmingly placed mole. Some people prefer the well-worn and clearly loved feel of a favorite chair or a borrowed book with dog-eared pages over the sleek and shiny newness of something that has not had so much experience. The idea that beautiful, distinctive, aesthetic flaws that distinguish the spirit of the moment in which the object was created or used from all other moments in eternity is at the center of wabi; these flaws make something unique; there is no other thing like it in the universe, and therein lies its beauty ♥.
"With that in mind, we are also going to be talking about something else today, and that is the art of kintsugi:
金継ぎ
kintsugi
(golden joinery)
"Now, this can also tie in with mottainai, a feeling of regret for when something is wasted, but kintsugi is an art where one repairs broken pottery or other vessels with a precious metal, such as gold or silver, to bind the broken pieces back together and make a newer, stronger, and most certainly more beautiful with respect to its wabi as a result. No other piece will ever be like it, and it has become more precious in the mending of its otherwise irreprable flaws. So I figured today would be a good day to create our own kintsugi pieces with a few of the broken vessels I have here, and I have the traditional gold laquer used to bind the pieces, and we'll see what new, flawed beauty we can create from these otherwise broken, cracked pieces, and while we work, we can share examples of sabi we may have found last week. Any questions before we begin ♥?"
"Konnichiwa, ducklings ♥," he said, "I hope you had a chance to find some example of sabi to share today, but if not, that's all well and good, because we have a lot to do with class today ♥! We're still on the topic of beauty, and, in a way, today's word is a companion to sabi, and, actually, today's word will be two words because we'll be learning another one along with it! But first: wabi:
wabi
(a flawed detail that creates an elegant whole)
"Some might believe that beauty is perfection, but the reality is that very few things in this world....or any other...can acheive true perfection, and the idea of wabi embraces the imperfections in the world and sees them as beautiful ♥. A chip in a well-loved teacup, a delicate scar on a warrior's face, a charmingly placed mole. Some people prefer the well-worn and clearly loved feel of a favorite chair or a borrowed book with dog-eared pages over the sleek and shiny newness of something that has not had so much experience. The idea that beautiful, distinctive, aesthetic flaws that distinguish the spirit of the moment in which the object was created or used from all other moments in eternity is at the center of wabi; these flaws make something unique; there is no other thing like it in the universe, and therein lies its beauty ♥.
"With that in mind, we are also going to be talking about something else today, and that is the art of kintsugi:
kintsugi
(golden joinery)
"Now, this can also tie in with mottainai, a feeling of regret for when something is wasted, but kintsugi is an art where one repairs broken pottery or other vessels with a precious metal, such as gold or silver, to bind the broken pieces back together and make a newer, stronger, and most certainly more beautiful with respect to its wabi as a result. No other piece will ever be like it, and it has become more precious in the mending of its otherwise irreprable flaws. So I figured today would be a good day to create our own kintsugi pieces with a few of the broken vessels I have here, and I have the traditional gold laquer used to bind the pieces, and we'll see what new, flawed beauty we can create from these otherwise broken, cracked pieces, and while we work, we can share examples of sabi we may have found last week. Any questions before we begin ♥?"
Sign In - AoJCtUW, 01/18.
Listen to the Lecture - AoJCtUW, 01/18.
Class Activity: Kintsugi - AoJCtUW, 01/18.
Most of the broken pieces are sake cups and jugs, yes, why do you ask?
But not all of them! So that's something, right?
Talk to Shunsui - AoJCtUW, 01/18.
OOC - AoJCtUW, 01/18.
Re: Sign In - AoJCtUW, 01/18.