{"id":12866,"date":"2024-02-15T12:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T17:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12866"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:02:02","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T22:02:02","slug":"12866","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=12866","title":{"rendered":"Wabi Sabi: The Anti-Photoshop Principle of Japanese Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"ember1662\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-opt-id=243467443  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12867\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WabiSabi-AntiPhotoshop.png?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"WabiSabi the Anti-Photoshop\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:4000\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WabiSabi-AntiPhotoshop.png 300w, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:1024\/h:4000\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WabiSabi-AntiPhotoshop.png 1024w, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:768\/h:4000\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WabiSabi-AntiPhotoshop.png 768w, https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:1280\/h:717\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/WabiSabi-AntiPhotoshop.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>They say &#8220;the perfect is the enemy of the good&#8221;. Our current culture is the poster boy for this idea. Where everyone on ads and social is &#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1663\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Perfect. Smiling. Happy. Perfect. Smiling. Happy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1664\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It&#8217;s like our entire culture is photoshopped, with air-brushed everything all in soft-focus, corrected for the normal rolls, wrinkles, and smudges that make up a normal person. A normal life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1665\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">But normal life isn&#8217;t smooth, it&#8217;s not perfect, and it certainly doesn&#8217;t exist in soft-focus. This is why we need the Japanese concept of Wabi-sabi &#8212; the antidote to a photoshopped life.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"ember1667\" class=\"ember-view\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Authenticity<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"ember1668\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The principle of wabi-sabi values the beauty of imperfection, impermanence, and the natural cycle of growth and decay. It sees beauty in the flawed, aged, and weathered aspects of objects, nature, and life itself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1669\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span class=\"tvm-operation__underline\" style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The term combines two different ideas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;wabi&#8221; means simplicity, humility, and finding beauty in the ordinary. It appreciates rustic and unpretentious things.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">&#8220;Sabi&#8221; refers to the beauty that comes with age and the passage of time. It is weathered and owns the history it has accumulated over time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"ember1672\" class=\"ember-view\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Let Go Of The Unreal Ideal<\/span><\/h3>\n<p id=\"ember1673\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">You are sold that you should BE a way, LOOK a way, FEEL a way to live a fully photoshopped life. This creates air-brushed expectations of yourself that can never truly be met.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1674\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">See this <em>unreal ideal<\/em>for what it is. Let it go, turn 180 degrees, and embrace the very opposite idea, which is wabi-sabi. This gets you to slow down, observe the perfect imperfections in yourself, and the world around you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1675\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Your vision clarifies to see what life actually is, and not just its made-for-TV CG production.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 id=\"ember1677\" class=\"ember-view\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">This Is A Practice, Not A Product<\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"reader-image-block reader-image-block--left-align\">\n<figure class=\"reader-image-block__figure\">\n<div class=\"ivm-image-view-model \">\n<div class=\"ivm-view-attr__img-wrapper display-flex\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><img data-opt-id=889483251  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ember1678\" class=\"ivm-view-attr__img--centered reader-image-block__img evi-image lazy-image ember-view alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/media.licdn.com\/dms\/image\/D5612AQF7KF1jvDQHyA\/article-inline_image-shrink_1000_1488\/0\/1689048039246?e=1711584000&amp;v=beta&amp;t=enps0ZforwKgkww33RzOW6soLfup6C6aAk9-FIAe9nk\" alt=\"No alt text provided for this image\" width=\"432\" height=\"242\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"display-block mt2 full-width text-body-small-open t-sans text-align-center t-black--light\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Own the beauty you have earned with time.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"ember1679\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">To get this into your bones, don&#8217;t think about wabi-sabi as something you do, but something you become over time. You can&#8217;t flip a switch to turn it on, or go to the pharmacist to get wabi-sabi pills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1680\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It will need to be expressed on its own. And to do it, practice this idea 1) in yourself, and 2) out in your world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1681\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span class=\"tvm-operation__underline\" style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In Yourself <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Choose to see that your age is a transformation over time. It is beautiful and reflects the life you&#8217;ve lived, the experience you&#8217;ve earned, and the depth you&#8217;ve added over your years. See the beauty in that, and wear it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Choose to embrace a deep appreciation for your present moment. Who you are. Who you have become. You are truly a gift. Wear that as well.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"ember1684\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span class=\"tvm-operation__underline\" style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">In This World<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Choose to look for authenticity in the world. When you do, you become better at seeing this in yourself.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Choose to see the photoshopped world around you as the side-show slide-show it is. Sure it&#8217;s totally entertaining, but nothing more than that.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"ember1687\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Wabi-sabi gives you permission to let you be yourself, shows the beauty you already possess, and frees you from the tyranny of the <em>unreal ideal.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1689\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">SHARE this article with someone who needs it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember1690\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">And if you have any questions at all, please let us know.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They say &#8220;the perfect is the enemy of the good&#8221;. Our current culture is the poster boy for this idea. 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