{"id":22525,"date":"2019-03-31T21:58:58","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T04:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=22525"},"modified":"2019-04-03T08:55:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T15:55:29","slug":"22525","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/beautiful-things\/22525\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibit at Asian Art Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Worth a look.\u00a0 Really wanted to see the India and Persia (yes Persia is Asia) floor but this time third floor is closed off due to expansion construction – a dramatic transformation in the works, generously funded by Jerry Yang and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki:)\u00a0 The place is going to have outdoor terrace with sculptures and possibly nibbles according to our excited docent.\u00a0 (Thank you Joy for a thoughtful gift. )<\/p>\n

We had a docent led tour of China, Korea and Japan sections of second floor.\u00a0 While it was a very very super abbreviated overview, it struck a chord with me when the docent said the following:<\/p>\n

“Japanese finds beauty in imperfections”<\/p>\n

referring to the Wabi-Sabi aesthetics.<\/p>\n

That relates to the idea of striking a balance that’s not necessarily perfect or symmetrical\u00a0 – while there’s striving and pursuit of perfections and precision(YANG), there’s greater appreciation for the fleeting nature of our conditions (YIN) in Japanese aesthetics, especially in the Tea Ceremony\/Ritual teachings (which actually is a meditation practice or pre-meditation practice … yes, Match has caffeine content).<\/p>\n

When it comes to technology, there’s obsession over precision and accuracy but as with Fuzzy Logic & Technology, there’s so much clarity when we come out of the fuzziness.\u00a0 The exhibit fueled my sense of creativity of all the kimono that lays dormant, wrapped in moth balls … maybe there needs for renewal emptying out the clutter and taking – a fresh look at things that’s old and forgotten.<\/p>\n

And bringing them to LIFE … Both active and especially a more quiet practice of yoga is like that … we are cleansed, purified and renewed:)\u00a0 What’s old is new again; once we empty out the clutter and keep only the most precious, we see the value of things.<\/p>\n

All Gratitude …<\/p>\n

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I love this escalator because it reminds me of subways in Tokyo:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Worth a look.\u00a0 Really wanted to see the India and Persia (yes Persia is Asia) floor but this time third floor is closed off due to expansion construction – a dramatic transformation in the works, generously funded by Jerry Yang and his wife, Akiko Yamazaki:)\u00a0 The place is going to have outdoor terrace with sculptures […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22525"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22561,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22525\/revisions\/22561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}