Rahi Mōkihi:36*21.8*46.3CM
Rahi: 26*11.8*36.3CM
Tauira:ML01404619R1

Te whakaaturanga atu nei i te ipu uku whero a Merlin Living, he mea hanga ki te peita Wabi-sabi—he mea e hira ake ana i te mahi tūturu, e whakatairanga ana i te toi me te whakaaro. Ehara tēnei ipu i te ipu putiputi noa iho, engari he whakanui i te ataahua koretake, he whakanui i te ataahua o te ngāwari, he whakanui hoki i te huringa o te wā.
I te tirohanga tuatahi, ka hopukina te kanohi e tēnei ipu whero whakamiharo, he tae e whakaoho ana i te mahana me te ora. Ko tōna āhua porotaka, papatahi he whakamaoritanga hou o te āhua tuku iho, e whakaatu ana i te mauri o te ataahua wabi-sabi—he ataahua Hapanihi e kitea ana te ataahua i roto i te huringa tipu me te pirau o te taiao. Ka whakaata te peita maeneene i te mārama, ka whakarei ake i tōna tae kanapa, ka hanga he taunekeneke hihiri i waenga i te ipu me ōna taiao. He ātaahua te titiro, he iti hoki te āhua, he whakapaipai tēpu pai mō ngā momo tautuhinga, ka uru pai ki ngā mea katoa mai i te rūma kai iti ki te kokonga whakamarie.
He mea hanga tēnei ipu mai i te uku kounga teitei, e whakaatu ana i te toi whakahirahira o ngā mea whakakīkī, he mahi toi kua oti te whakapai ake mō ngā rautau. He mea hanga ia mea e ngā tohunga toi mohio e mārama ana ki te taurite o te āhua me te mahi. Ehara i te mea ka tiakina noa te āhua o te whakakīkī engari ka whakarei ake hoki i te kakano, ka kore e taea te ātete ki te pā. E whakaata ana tēnei mahi toi matatau i te auahatanga me te pūkenga o ngā tohunga toi, e whakarite ana kia motuhake ia ipu, ko ōna rerekētanga ngawari e kōrero ana i te kōrero mō tōna hanganga.
I ahu mai tēnei ipu porowhita kua whakairohia ki te peita wabi-sabi i te rapunga whakaaro o te awhi i te hapa. I roto i tētahi ao e whai ana kia tino tika, kia hou hoki, ka whakamahara mai tēnei ipu ki a tātou kia maioha ki te ataahua memeha me te koretake. Ka akiaki i a tātou kia āta haere, kia mātakitaki marie, kia kitea hoki te harikoa i roto i te mahi ngāwari o te whakatakoto i tētahi putiputi kotahi, i tētahi putiputi rānei kua whakaritea marietia. Ka huri te ipu hei kānawehi mō ngā mahi toi o te taiao, e āhei ai ngā putiputi kia tiaho, ko te ipu tonu e mau tonu ana te āhua marino engari he kaha.
Ehara i te mea he whakapaipai noa iho te whakaurunga o tēnei vase ki roto i tō whare; engari he ariā rapunga whakaaro anō hoki kei roto i tō wāhi. Ka ārahi i te tangata ki te arotahi ki te wā o nāianei, me te maioha ki te ataahua o te ao, ā, he mea tino pai hei tāpiri atu ki ngā whare hou o te momo wabi-sabi. Ahakoa kei runga i te tēpu kai, i te papa taha, i te matapihi rānei, ka hurihia te mea noa hei mea whakamiharo, ka whakarei ake i te kounga o te oranga o ia rā.
Ehara i te mea he taonga whakapaipai noa iho te ipu uku whero porowhita a Merlin Living, he mea hanga ki te peita Wabi-sabi; he whakanui i te mahi toi tino ataahua, e whakaatu ana i te rapunga whakaaro hoahoa e whakanui ana i te pono me te ataahua o te hapa. E tono ana kia waihangahia he wāhi e hangai ana ki ō uara, e kōrero ana ia taonga i tētahi kōrero, e whakatairanga tahi ana i tētahi āhuarangi rangimarie. Awhitia te ataahua iti, ā, waiho tēnei ipu hei pokapū o tō kāinga, hei whakamahara tonu kāore te ataahua i te tino pai, engari i roto i te haerenga o te ao tonu.