shibumi
Shibumi ("elegance")summons the image of something astringent in sensation, while it hints at that which is unforced or dignified. A shibumi flower arrangement brings into being coolness during a scorching summertime and sunshine on a frigid day. That which is shibumi is quiet in refinement, noble and fulfilling in a manner that is not shaped exclusively by analytical thought. It is the pathos of "not too much," the use of creative restraint in the supreme sense.
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