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MOOD | WABI-SABI COLOR THEORY | LESSONS IN ATTENUATION

May 16, 2017

Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren, is one of my favorite books. It's a quick read and has been one of my primary sources of conceptual fodder for several years. Recently, I decided to revisit the sections that focus on key concepts and principles of wabi-sabi aesthetics. The following paragraph consists of excerpts that I continue to come back to, taken from the section where Koren address wabi-sabi color theory:

"MURKY— Things wabi-sabi have a vague, blurry, or attenuated quality— as things do as they approach nothingness ( or come out of it) — Things are either devolving toward or evolving from, nothingness. — Things that are evolving tend to be a little lighter and brighter, a bit clearer, and slightly more eye-arresting."

This mood board is an ode to the concept of evolving from nothingness and the heart-arresting effects of just the slightest hint of color, hues so diaphanous they barely perceptible, yet no less impactful. 

In Mood Board Tags Mood Board, wabisabi, color, light, Inspiration, Concepts, Beginnings
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