“The seven elements of shibusa are simplicity, implicity, modesty, naturalness, everydayness, imperfection, and silence.”
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What’s the difference between implicity and silence?
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Replying to @literalbanana
i'm guessing it might be something like "implicity is saying something while silence is saying nothing"
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Replying to @visakanv
that’s about how far I got but then it’s some kind of koan about doing both at once??
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Replying to @literalbanana
*lights cigarette* ah yes because implicity requires saying nothing to say something, while silence *is* a nothing that says something
i think with all these things it's just meant to shake you up if it can; but if it can't then nbd just do whatever works / you like1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @visakanv
I genuinely find it fun to think about (was researching it because they’re a yarn company called “shibui” and they rock it)
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Replying to @literalbanana
extremely possible that they had 6 and they needed another one
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hahaha a quatorzieme but for inauspiciously-numbered groups of philosophical/aesthetic principles
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