[RBW] Re: How do you say beausage in Japanese?

2016-01-28 Thread Jayme Frye
I find this to be truly admirable but nearly impossible for me to practice from my Western cultural perspective. Still I try. HISTORY OF IDEAS - Wabi-sabi https://youtu.be/QmHLYhxYVjA On Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 8:30:20 PM UTC-6, Zed Martinez wrote: > > Like Bill, wabi-sabi was the

[RBW] Re: How do you say beausage in Japanese?

2016-01-27 Thread Edwin W
Seeing that yo no bi is made up of two Chinese characters made me think, "there must be a great chinese saying (cheng yu) that explains beausage!" But I couldn't think of one. I know there are some chinese speakers out there who may think of one. Edwin On Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at

[RBW] Re: How do you say beausage in Japanese?

2016-01-27 Thread Bill Lindsay
I would not call it a direct translation to Japanese, but the Japanese world view that I think of as consistent with beausage is "wabi sabi". 侘寂 On Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 4:02:20 PM UTC-8, alan lavine wrote: > > From todays NY Times food section: > > http://nyti.ms/1RIDcS6 >

[RBW] Re: How do you say beausage in Japanese?

2016-01-27 Thread Zed Martinez
Like Bill, wabi-sabi was the philosophy I knew of and work to embrace more. Nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect. On Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at 7:19:13 PM UTC-5, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > I would not call it a direct translation to Japanese, but the Japanese > world view