Wabi Sabi: the Japanese Aesthetic of Impermanence and Imperfection

Below are the materials you will need for IMD 540:

syllabus

Reading Packets:

Zen, Nature, Art

All That Is Solid Melts Into Air - Introduction

13 Poems by Saigyo

13 Poems by Richard Brautigan

Bibliography

Books to purchase:

Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence by Andrew Juniper

Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers by Leonard Koren

The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura

In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain Recluse by David Budbill