aesthetics

List of aesthetic principles (originating from Japanese culture and its older Asian roots).

• truth
• absolute
• circle
• continuity
• ongoing
• becoming
• incomplete

• elegance
• refinement
• sophistication
• courtliness
• measured

• asymmetry
• irregularity

• simplicity
• minimal
• straightforward

• basic
• weathered
• used
• affected
• endured

• natural
• humble
• unselfconscious
• without pretense
• ephemeral
• impermanent

• mystical
• subtly profound grace
• not obvious
• surprising
• obscure

• unbounded by convention
• unconventional
• originality
• free
• spontaneity
• infinite
• limitless

• tranquility
• stillness
• silence

• modulation and movement
• beginning, break, rapid
• a tempo that begins slowly, accelerates, and then ends swiftly

• appreciation of the process of creation
• discipline in training