posted June 25, 2015 #
The
ODEN blog recently posted about the Japanese aesthetic ideal of
Wabi-sabi, the pursuit of accepting transience and imperfection. It's a Buddhist teaching but applied to the world of art and creation it can be liberating as it helps to understand that your mark on the world isn't necessarily the most perfect brush stroke, it's the somewhat imperfect one.
The article cites the work of
Rachel Briggs - specifically her label work for
Wiseacre Brewing in Memphis. The work has a serious elegance to it but also doesn't shy away from being "imperfect" as it gives it a personality otherwise unreachable.
