The literal meaning of Wabi is similar to the concept of “Loneliness” and the solitude of nature or natural. The Wabi is the beauty of nature in which there is no artificiality, ie nice place, where human hands have not intervened.
The literal meaning of Sabi “Rusting”. Sabi is also a rustic beauty. Sabi is therefore the beauty that can have the properties in the age. The wood is not old in one day, it is old from use.
The Wabi Sabi and the unbeatable, complete, permanent and perfect beauties who objects, the incomplete, appear to be transient and imperfect. Some bent or crooked objects are purposely.
My first memories of the place I was born in that northern country in the great continent, near some lakes are the changes of each season and as we have experienced and survived.
I was born on a spring day, sprouted from a root and grew very quickly thanks to the sun every day seemed warmer and the delicate snow lay on the bare branches, let melt. Slowly sprouting little white dots, were slowly turned into green and small leaves and grew at an astounding rate. Happy birds were sitting on our branches and delighted us with their singing. We were covered with large leaves and small yellow flowers, the snow disappeared from the earth, which are covered with green. We enjoyed watching the butterflies, as they fluttered between our branches and the buzzing bees, who were the flowers with the glänzesten and brightest colors, the herausrragten from the grass.
In summer, people sat in our shade to rest and we just loved to watch the boys in their games and those who could not walk, as they slept in their blankets. Occasionally flew a giant bird, Adler called him the people, below the surface of the lake to come down at a considerable height aware of the movements of rodents in the grass or the floating fish around in a dive and catch them with their strong beaks and bring them to their nest.
In autumn leaves our tinted in a beautiful altrotem sound and our fruits, the acorns were slowly brown, but it took two years to mature. When the wind blew strong, He took our weakest leaves with, falling down to the ground and eventually food for our roots were.
In winter, we were slowly naked, were the last leaves, The rain became snow, which covered our branches and the earth with his white coat, the latter was used by our roots to drink, as soon as it melted.
And as we grew from year to year and may have a height of 25-40 Achieve meters.
On one of the last days of autumn, Cut a young man my branch and brought me to his house, sat in a storage room full of tools and unfamiliar objects, I was there a few months to dry.
I thought, that he had forgotten me, until suddenly he began to work on me, he cut me and gave me a curved shape, I was cut and polished and he carved a few letters into the thickest part of my new form, I heard the, Kanji were called and after several days he was with the, what he had done satisfied, he gave me the final touch with a kind of special oil, which he applied to me several times, since the first layer moved so fast, that you did not even notice.
The young man was very satisfied with the, what he had done with me and showed me all his friends, who congratulated him for his beautiful work. Some asked, whether one like me, could do for them. I do not know, what I was, I seemed a strange Not long branch, was slightly curved. One day he grabbed me in a kind of bag, an envelope they said, and took me in the afternoon. He and his friends pulled a white jacket and white pants on, put a white belt around, some wore a black belt and a long way, black skirt over. My owner took me a hand and grabbed his friend, opposite to him was to, a strange game, I had never seen anything like it, I thought they were friends, the attacked, took the hand skillfully attacked him and threw my owner on the ground and controlled him. Then I took the colleague in his hand and grabbed my owners, this activity seemed to be violent, but they were easy to train on, they never get injured and enjoyed this exercise very. And over time, I enjoyed it, as they, I was really happy, when they brought me out of my shell to train.
Carina
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