Through this presentation, you will learn how Japanese people feel and
taste Wabi Sabi from three examples; Japanese Garden, Tea Ceremony and Japanese
Flower Arrangement. Wabi Sabi is a peculiar Japanese aesthetic sense. It's a
kind of feeling, an awareness, an appreciation of aspects of Japanese culture.
However nobody can see it because it's your reaction of feeling to traditional
Japanese culture, but you can see thing related to Wabi Sabi. You will exactly
learn about three such examples in this presentation. How are these
examples connected with Wabi Sabi? Why do Japanese feel it is beautiful? Why
is this aspect of Japanese culture a little peculiar and simple? After
listening to this presentation, your point of view and sensitivity may change.
The Southwest trip was absolutely amazing because I leaned the culture of the area a lot. I spent 7 days in the southwest and I impressed by people who live there and by their culture. These things were totally different from Japan and the people there preserved their traditions carefully. I talk to a lot of Americans and I saw wonderful nature during the trip. There are three absolutely wonderfu and amazing places that I enjoyed. First, I went to a lot of museums and all of them were very interesting. I especially liked The Museum of International Folk Art. The museum has more than 130,000 objects from more than 100 countries! My favorite object was a smiling skeleton doll. This object’s theme was Day of The Dead. When I saw it, I remembered COCO which is a Pixar movie. I also liked The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. Georgia O’Keeffe was an American artist and she painted a lot of flowers and nature. I think her paintings are brimming with kindness ...