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Embracing impermanence

Embracing impermanence

Learning wabi-sabi through an old Land Rover

Aug 31, 2020
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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 …

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