The Beauty of Imperfection

How aesthetic philosophy can show us that we’re not failures; the world is just messed up.

A “wabi-sabi” watch I made by deconstructing and brutalizing an old Seiko, appropriately.

While I certainly don’t fetishize Japanese culture, I feel it has a lot to offer. Japanese culture has some interesting ideas that don’t exactly translate to English. Some of these are emotional concepts like “amae” while others are conceptual or philosophical ideas. I…