Aki@Japanese Taoism (@zenandtao): "An unfinished task does not always need another hour. Sometimes it needs a night. Rest may be part of the work, not an interruption of it."

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Wabi-sabi is not minimalism.

Minimalism is about control. You decide what stays. You curate. The emptiness is designed.

Wabi-sabi is about acceptance. The worn stone is not worn because someone decided to wear it. It is worn because people walked on it for a hundred years and the stone yielded.

The beauty is not designed. It is received.

That is a different relationship with the world entirely.