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so ya a tea, art, history, exposition....
17 years ago
every now and again i talk about tea.
and the words "tea aesthetic" come up
what is the tea aesthetic?
well there are several different ones and the nomenclature of art are always difficult especially when you are translating from a poetic culture
however the most commonly accepted zen oriented tea aesthetic can be termed wabi sabi.
wabi sabi is the aesthetic of the old or tarnished
have you ever looked at unpolished silver and thought "that's beautiful"?
wabisabi is recognition that all things break the understanding that from chaos comes life and all things are returning to chaos
wabisabi is natural materials crafted by hand into a pourpouse, a lonly hut on the beach battered by wind and sea could be wabisabi
wabisabi is not necessarily dirty thou a object can be imperfect and cracked aged for decades by handling and use and still be clean.
wabisabi is one of the oldest occurrences i have found of "anti art" the appreciation of the disjointed or imperfect.
other occurances of this "anti art" movement that i can name would be Dada, surrealism (which was a extension of dada)
the abstract artist of the 60s and 70 could be called anti artist(Worhol, Pollock, Johns, Rothko, Raushamberg, ect....
as could the popular anti fashion movement of grunge.
the tea aesthetic of Sen no Riku grew from a repulsion from the reach of Japanese art of the time towards perfection and greater and greater levels of grandeur, the Shogun Hideyoshi had a golden tea room with golden bowls and implements created, the differences between Riku and Hideyoshi on art is believed to be what caused Hideyoshi to order Riku's suicide
anyway thats about it for now on the lesson of art and tea if ya botherd to read all of this let me know id like your input!
and the words "tea aesthetic" come up
what is the tea aesthetic?
well there are several different ones and the nomenclature of art are always difficult especially when you are translating from a poetic culture
however the most commonly accepted zen oriented tea aesthetic can be termed wabi sabi.
wabi sabi is the aesthetic of the old or tarnished
have you ever looked at unpolished silver and thought "that's beautiful"?
wabisabi is recognition that all things break the understanding that from chaos comes life and all things are returning to chaos
wabisabi is natural materials crafted by hand into a pourpouse, a lonly hut on the beach battered by wind and sea could be wabisabi
wabisabi is not necessarily dirty thou a object can be imperfect and cracked aged for decades by handling and use and still be clean.
wabisabi is one of the oldest occurrences i have found of "anti art" the appreciation of the disjointed or imperfect.
other occurances of this "anti art" movement that i can name would be Dada, surrealism (which was a extension of dada)
the abstract artist of the 60s and 70 could be called anti artist(Worhol, Pollock, Johns, Rothko, Raushamberg, ect....
as could the popular anti fashion movement of grunge.
the tea aesthetic of Sen no Riku grew from a repulsion from the reach of Japanese art of the time towards perfection and greater and greater levels of grandeur, the Shogun Hideyoshi had a golden tea room with golden bowls and implements created, the differences between Riku and Hideyoshi on art is believed to be what caused Hideyoshi to order Riku's suicide
anyway thats about it for now on the lesson of art and tea if ya botherd to read all of this let me know id like your input!
