Essays in Idleness
In an incomplete and fleeting daily life, how can we discover beauty and tranquility?
📝ONGO's Reflection
When I first read these quiet essays by Yoshida Kenko, I felt my heart grow still before his gaze, which loves the unfinished and the empty space more than flawless perfection. Kenko's insight lies in how delicately he grasps that the truth of impermanence, that all things change and pass, is not cause for grief but the very reason life can be beautiful. Like sipping tea alone on a silent night and contemplating the world, this book is a refreshing tonic, awakening in modern souls weary of the race the aesthetic of leisure and gentle melancholy.
"Are we to look at cherry blossoms only in full bloom, the moon only when it is cloudless?"Yoshida Kenko, Essays in Idleness
"달은 구름 사이로 잠깐 보일 때 더욱 아름답고, 사랑은 맺어지지 않았을 때 더 깊은 여운을 남긴다."
🌱Apply It Today
Set down for a moment the exhausting compulsion that everything must be finished flawlessly. Practice embracing the beauty of the unfinished, just as it is, even in a version of yourself or your work that is slightly lacking or incomplete.
