Wabi-sabi Turns out Pierre was busy and is still blogging. He is at ease with his boundaries of institutional and personal speech, and sees value in acknowledging imperfection through a standard disclaimer:
...So blogs don't have to be perfect, or even try to be. There is value in their imperfectness. Maybe it's all about wabi-sabi.
I agree that it would be a shame if I were held to be somehow institutionally responsible for statements I make here. A standard disclaimer, in a very easy to understand form like the Creative Commons licenses, would be great...
The wabi-sabi wiki page offers a little zen for wikis and blogging:
Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There's a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.
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