Wabi Sabi
Wabi-sabi is the Japanese art of finding beauty in imperfection. The beauty in an object lies in the flaws. Explore wabi sabi as a group.
How to run it
- It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather, and loving use leave behind
- Does anyone have any experience with it?
- Can anyone share a personal story about it?
- Discuss honoring things old and weathered
- Share with each other the celebrations in your group/your work/your relationships with your People
- Science team What would happen if you approach everything with "rose colored glasses.■ How could you use wabi sabi to employ the pygmalion effect on those in your group, or those around■ youh the greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform - raise your level of expectation and that person will achieve it
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It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather, and loving use leave behind
Does anyone have any experience with it?
Can anyone share a personal story about it?
Discuss honoring things old and weathered
Share with each other the celebrations in your group/your work/your relationships with your People
Science team What would happen if you approach everything with "rose colored glasses.■ How could you use wabi sabi to employ the pygmalion effect on those in your group, or those around■ youh the greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform - raise your level of expectation and that person will achieve it
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Adapt this exercise for my exact room. Exercise: Wabi Sabi. Readiness: Publishable Draft. Core moves: It celebrates cracks and crevices and all the other marks that time, weather, and loving use leave behind; Does anyone have any experience with it?; Can anyone share a personal story about it?; Discuss honoring things old and weathered. Return a concise facilitator script with timing, wording, safety notes, and remote/in-person adjustments.
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