Wabi

broken (a piece of work by a local artist I admire)
Originally uploaded by wabi6.

Leonard Cohean, Mosaic, Wabi......three different facets of a theme that's resonating with me these past few weeks.

Last night I attended a church service called Mosaic, a service for those who would feel marganalized by church society and probably just society in general, come to think of it. The premise of the name Mosaic is that broken things brought together become something of great beauty.

Wabi is a Japanese word. In the book "They Have a Word for It" (aside, this is a must own book) Wabi is described as the beautiful, distinctive, authentic flaw that distinguishes the spirit of the moment in which this object was created from all other moments in eternity.

Leonard Cohean weaves words that are music before even the first note is played... his song Anthem tells us to "Forget your perfect offering / There is a crack in everything / That's how the light gets in."

So these strands weave a rope which moor my spirit to a tenious understanding of the unfathamable love of God. The cracks in my own soul, the doubts the questions, the discontent with living life just as it is, the yearning for something more....can I learn to let the light in?
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more later