In the course of my reading I have recently encountered references to the Japanese art forms “Wabi Sabi” and “Kintsugi”.  I had to look both of these up.  What I found was that both of these traditions value what can be described as ‘imperfection’, ‘impermanence’, and ‘brokenness’; in short, what we might describe as ‘wear and tear’.  Wabi Sabi and Kintsugi operate on an aesthetic of ‘weathering’.

This has wonderful applications to StoryPathing.  ‘Weathering’ is what gives us character.  And thus of course, in delivering our storypaths, we communicate an authentic self, with its ‘weathering’ visible to others.  By sharing one’s storypath we present a genuine identity with natural contours, highlighted by the storypath itself.

More on this to come, I’m sure; this is a fresh discovery for me.  In the meantime, below are a couple of short video explanations of Wabi Sabi and Kintsugi: