The Emergence Machine

Wabi Sabi

abstract · Aesthetics · Level 11 · E9

E9Cultures

Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

Wabi-sabi emerges from beauty and requires aesthetics and time.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “imperfect beauty” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “imperfect beauty”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
侘寂
Origin language
ja

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L2L1L0Wabi SabiAestheticWorldviewArtCultureSkillSociety… intermediate l…FormInformationLifeStructureActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesWabi SabiL11AestheticL10WorldviewL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Aesthetic L10 (requires)
    A Japanese aesthetic worldview centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection, finding beauty in the incomplete, impermanent, and imperfect.
  • Worldview L10 (requires)
    A Japanese aesthetic worldview centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection, finding beauty in the incomplete, impermanent, and imperfect.