{"product_id":"leonard-koren-musings-of-a-curious-aesthete","title":"Leonard Koren - Musings of a Curious Aesthete","description":"\u003cp\u003eA quirky memoir of the aesthete responsible for creating culture icons such as WET: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing and bringing the concept of wabi-sabi into Western aesthetic discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAN EXCERPT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“On a brilliant autumn afternoon when the sky was blue and the temperature mild, I was inspired to do some outdoor housekeeping. Leaves, twigs, and other vegetable matter had piled up on the wood and concrete steps that ran through our garden. I realized, of course, that as soon as I finished removing this debris it would immediately return. I was okay with that. I have accepted a quasi-Sisyphean view of things. After selecting an appropriate broom and collection basket, I began my work. My pace was slow and measured. The stairs were irregular and cracked in places, so I moved even more slowly so as not to miss any of the bits and pieces crammed into the nooks and crannies. Why rush anyway? I was beginning to enjoy this.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Sweeping up nature’s refuse isn’t typically considered an act of exceptional consequence. I knew this. So I was surprised when a peculiar idea insinuated itself front and center into my awareness: ‘With every sweep of this broom I am restoring order. And by restoring order—if only momentarily—I am saving the universe.’\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“It was a crazy notion, of that I was certain. Nevertheless, it felt as true as anything I had ever believed. How, I wondered, could this be? Later that day an answer came: Just as nature has given us a mind capable of perceiving our role in the overarching scheme of existence, nature has also given us a mind capable of creating meaning out of just about anything. Furthermore, nature has given us a mind with the ability to believe that the meanings we create are actually true.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2020\u003cbr\u003eEnglish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 13.4 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e© \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eImperfect Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yvon Lambert Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56815930212700,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0085\/4913\/8498\/files\/71TmAhiZ08L._SL1500.jpg?v=1771951687","url":"https:\/\/www.yvon-lambert.com\/products\/leonard-koren-musings-of-a-curious-aesthete","provider":"Yvon Lambert Paris","version":"1.0","type":"link"}