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Wabi What? by Richard R. Powell  
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Tea and Teaism Contests, etc.
Tea and Teaism by Richard R. Powell Still in the Stream Haiku Contest - Closed
Health Benefits of Tea by Richard R. Powell Winners of the Still in the Stream Haiku Contest
Tea Timeline by Richard R. Powell
Wabi Sabi and the Tea Ceremony (Word document)  
   
   
   
   
Subjects related to Wabi Sabi Feedback and Surveys
Authenticity (under contemplation) Web Polls
Beauty (under contemplation) Reader Survey
Bonsai (under contemplation) Results of Reader's Survey
Naikan (under contemplation)  
Natural Patterns by Richard R. Powell  
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On the general subject of Wabi Sabi
Japanese Aesthetics, Wabi-Sabi, and the Tea Ceremony (http://www.art.unt.edu/ntieva/artcurr/asian/wabisabi.html).
Wabi and Sabi: The Aesthetics of Solitude (http://www.hermitary.com/house/aesthetics.html).
Keri Smith's article on Wabi Sabi (http://www.kerismith.com/WishJarTales/wabisabi.htm).
John A. Salat's article: Wabi - Sabi (zen architecture practice)( http://home.earthlink.net/~salat/wabi.html).
Japanese Friendship Garden article - The Concept of WABI and SABI (http://www.niwa.org/Wabi.html).
Quotes about wabi sabi (http://users.exis.net/%7ejnc/nontech/wabisabi.html).
 
 
Tea and Teaism
The Japanese Tea Ceremony (http://www.holymtn.com/tea/Japanesetea.htm).
Aprille Glover's excellent collection of tea related links (http://www.aprille.net/tea/tea-links.html).
The Book of Tea by Kakuzo Okakura - the whole text - Enjoyable reading! (http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/tea.htm).
What is Tea? article on Marx Computers site (http://www.marx-computers.com/Tea/whatistea.htm).
Tea improves memory (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3951003.stm)
 
Haiku
The Heron's Nest, a Haiku journal. Six year's worth of excellent haiku and a yearly opportunity to vote on your favorites (http://www.theheronsnest.com/)
AHA poetry's list of articles on Haiku and related forms (http://www.ahapoetry.com/haiku.htm)
Brooks Books Haiku - Randy & Shirley Brooks offer several excellent online collections of Haiku with photography or haiga paintings (http://www.brooksbookshaiku.com)
 
Haiku Blogs
Richard's wabi sabi world (http://rrpowell.homestead.com/files/blogger.html)
Eric Houck Jr's "Haiku and Senryu" (http://www.ericshaiku.blogspot.com) Along with Eric's haiku and photos this blog contains a good list of other Haiku Blogs.
David A. Giacalone's "dagosan's haiku diary" (http://dagosanshaikudiary.blogspot.com/)
Matt Morden's Blog (http://mordenhaikupoetry.blogspot.com/)
 
 
 
 
 
Bonsai
The Bonsai Tree Forum is a place you can ask questions, discuss techniques, and post comments and helpful hints for other bonsai enthusiasts. (http://www.bonsaitreeforums.com/)
Colin Lewis's nicely designed site with lots of examples of mature bonsai and an extensive and well written reading section (http://www.bonsaiforum.com/).
The Austin Bonsai Society collection of articles on Bonsai (http://www.main.org/bonsai/articles.htm).
 
 
Practices that Heal and Restore
ToDo Institute - excellent summaries of Japanese Therapies and practices. (http://www.todoinstitute.org/index.html).
 
 
 
Help in living a Wabi Sabi Lifestyle
Natural Home Magazine online archives. (http://www.naturalhomemag.com/living-articles/Default.htm)This magazine provides well written articles on introducing Wabi Sabi (see the article Imperfect Beauty)and other natural esthetics into every day life. Designed to help people, "practice earth-inspired living."
Lisa Rickwood's Escape the Pace website with sample chapter from her book and participation contests. (http://www.escapethepace.com/index.htm).
Taro Gold's website with upcoming events and daily wisdom subscription. (http://www.tarogold.com/)
 
 
Cultural Creative Sites
The Healing Kitchen is a source of dietary wisdom from author Beth Yim (http://www.thehealingkitchen.ca)
The Ageless Warrior provides articles and products designed to chart your path to healthy living and a healthy life. (http://www.agelesswarrior.com)
 
 
 
Deeper Wabi Sabi
The Pattern Language site started by the original pioneers in this field help you create spaces that feel right. Many of the patterns used are wabi sabi(http://www.patternlanguage.com/index.htm).
Stephen Wolfram's site which includes the entire text of "A New Kind of Science" a 1197 page compendium of evidence and theory that illuminate the idea that simple programs could underlie the complex structures we experience around us (http://www.wolframscience.com/).
Golden Ration.Net gathers a wealth of information and illustrations about the Phi, The Golden Section (Ratio, Mean), The Divine Proportion, and the Fibonacci Series (http://www.goldennumber.net/).
 
 
 
 

 

Beebe Barksdale-Bruner forthcoming book of poetry - It Comes to Me Loosely Woven is due out this spring from Press 53 contact Press 53 at: editor@press53.com
Angelee Deodhar's website: (http://www.tempslibres.org/sites/ang/en/Angpage.html )
William Hart's website: (http://home.earthlink.net/~hartsarts/)
Eric Houck Jr.'s blog: (http://www.ericshaiku.blogspot.com/ )
Jim Kacian is Editor in Chief at Red Moon Press (www.redmoonpress.com)
Matt Morden's Blog (http://mordenhaikupoetry.blogspot.com/)
Autobiographical site for Richard R. Powell (http://rrpowell.homestead.com/biog.html)
Richard R. Powell's blog on Zaadz (http://wabisabi.zaadz.com/blog)
Autobiographical site for Fiona Robyn (http://www.fionarobyn.co.uk/ )
Saša Važić (female) is a writer, haiku poet, english language translator, freelance journalist, and owner and editor of Haiku Reality
English pages:
(http://www.geocities.com/ana_vazic/indexeng.htm)
 
 
 
 
Beebe Barksdale-Bruner - beebe.barksdale.bruner@gmail.com
William Hart - hartsarts@earthlink.net
Vasile Moldovan - vasilemoldovan@yahoo.com
santiago pacquing jr. - shaijenson@yahoo.com
Richard R. Powell - inboxonmars@yahoo.ca
Fiona Robyn - fiona@fionarobyn.co.uk
Frans Terryn- frans.terryn@skynet.be
Saša Važić - v.sasa@ptt.yu
 
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