the principle of Wabi-Sabi originates from Japanese Zen philosophy and was deeply influenced by the tea ceremony.
it emerged as an aesthetic appreciation of impermanence and simplicity, shaped by Buddhist principles.

Wabi-Sabi embraces the beauty of imperfection, honoring the cracked and broken, the aged and worn, and the delicate, transitory moments.

 

... as Leonard Cohen puts it in Anthem :
  "There is a crack in everything,
                   that's how the light gets in."