Wabi sabi and Ikebana
September 26th 2015 The Study Group met at ABK AOT Dosokai for their monthly meeting. The theme for the workshop and meeting was "Ikebana and wabi sabi philisophy". There were introductory remarks by sensei Malathi and a slideshow by Ambika. As we were running short of time, she did her planned demonstration pieces as part of the workshop. Eight members were present. Ambika began with the caveat that most Japanese do not discuss the concept of wabi sabi, they just recognise it when they see it, so deeply ingrained is it in their consciousness. Leonard Koren. American artist and aesthetics expert says “….it is the most conspicuous and characteristic feature of what we think of as traditional Japanese beauty…” “Wabi-sabi is an intuitive appreciation of a transient beauty in the physical world that reflects the irreversible flow of life in the spiritual world. It is an understated beauty that exists in the modest, rustic, imperfec