This quarter I attended the live lunchtime lecture, which was about Japanese aesthetics, specifically talking about the three concepts of wabi, sabi, and yugen and the idea of aesthetics as well which was quite interesting. Wabi was a concept related to Shinto and valued simplicity/unpretentiousness, imperfection/irregularity, and austereness/starkness. Sabi was also relating to natural beauty, specifically the impermanence and asymmetry of that which is natural. Yugen is related to buddhism and means dim, deep, and mysterious so it also involves profound ideas as well. The lecture was interesting overall mostly to see exactly how these aesthetics found their way into different art forms as well and what art forms have existed in Japan over the centuries, how they have evolved over time. She also talked about the importance of light in Japanese aesthetics, specifically how light was considered inside buildings, which was quite interesting. I think some of the ideas of wabi-sabi could play more into my future works as I currently have focuses on many natural elements and with my most recent finished piece had elements of asymmetry so this could be something to continue working with in the future.
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Avarice StankiewiczHi, I'm Avarice, though I mostly go by Kace, I'm an art 5 student at Maggie Walker Governor's school and page is just a space for some reflection, research and progress photos for my work. Archives
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