We came across a new word today - wabi. We searched the internet for the combination "wabi wedding" and found no such references. However, the somewhat difficult-to-interpret Japanese word seems to be a compelling adjective to describe the essence of The Good Bride's perfect wedding. Did I say "perfect"? Ooops, that's rather ironic since wabi refers to the beauty of imperfection. In other words, it is the flaw, the asymetry, and quirkiness of something that gives it its true elegance and distinguishes it. Examples of things that have wabi are a crooked branch, an aged piece of pottery with a chip, a weathered barn, handmade paper or a homemade meal, or the human face. Wabi is associated with peace unencumbered by material burdens, and the transience of nature. So, clearly a wabi wedding is all that this blog is devoted to - a wedding that allows you to be your full self by embracing simplicity and the history of what has grown, bloomed, and weathered rather than that which has been mass-produced. If you have eight bridesmaids who are all required to wear their hair up even when two or three hate their hair up, your wedding definitely lacks wabi. We'll be thinking more about this in future notes.
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