Embracing impermanence

Learning wabi-sabi through an old Land Rover

Owning an old Land Rover is an exercise in embracing impermanence. I call my Sisyphean efforts at keeping my 1976 Series III truck a “rolling restoration” because I fix or replace parts at a slightly faster rate than they decay. It is being constantly renewed. The fluids change themselves through steady leaks. I scrape and paint one corner of the steel …