I carry my GGTS with me almost every day of the week. It gets occasional cleaning and polishing but over the past few months it has gotten scratched and scraped. It's been dropped and has suffered the occasional collision with keys and pocket change.
It has developed its own distinct set of wear patterns and swirls. But strangely enough, they do not upset me. I actually take comfort in knowing that this work of marvelous ingenuity is there and will be there. Ready at hand for when I need it. I like seeing pictures of shiny polished GGTS but at the same time I appreciate the patina that a brass tube shows and the swirls that affect stainless after months of use.
This is my GGTS. It's a tool and as such, it's carried and used quite a lot. With a minimal amount of preventative replacement and the occasional polish, it will be around for many many years.
Thank you Imeo for this marvelous creation! And thank you fellow GG users for putting up with my incessant questions. Both here and via PM. You are an asset to the community!
Wabi-sabi (侘寂?) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete"
Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include asymmetry, asperity (roughness or irregularity), simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes.
From an engineering or design point of view, "wabi" may be interpreted as the imperfect quality of any object, due to inevitable limitations in design and construction/manufacture especially with respect to unpredictable or changing usage conditions.
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