ealoe@ani.socialtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL about Wabi-sabi, the Japanese aesthetic worldview of accepting the simple, imperfect, and transient things in the world. Similar to kintsugi (repairing broken pottery with golden paste), it's abouEnglish
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4 months agoIn America we say “it is what it is” or “good enough for government work” to communicate a similar vibe. Sounds sophisticated when you say it in Japanese tho
Really? I’ve never heard it used that way, not even by old people. Maybe it evolved out of that usage a long time ago