Zen

THE SHIBUMI SEVEN

1.AUSTERITY

Koko means restraint, exclusion, omission. The goal is to present something that both appears spare and impart the sense of focus and clarity.

2.SIMPLICITY

Kanso dictates that beauty and utility need to be overstated, overly decorative, or fanciful. The overall effect is fresh, clean and neat.

3.NATURALNESS

The goal of shizen is to strike a balance between being "of nature" yet distinct from it- to be viewed as being without artifice or pretense.

4.SUBTLETY

The principle of yugen captures the zen view that precision and finiteness are at odds with nature. The power of suggestions is often stronger than the full disclosure.

5.IMPERFECTION, ASSYMETRY

The goal of fukinsei is to convey the symmetry of the natural world through clearly assymetrical and incomplete renderings.

6. BREAK FROM ROUTINE

Datsuzoku means a certain reprieve from convention. When a well-worn is broken creativity emerge.

7.TRANQUILITY

The principle of seijaku deals with datsuzoku content. 

It is tranquility, active calm and solitude to find the creativity.