My Sensei never used the words wabi or sabi, but he insisted on them when we worked in the garden.
Later, when I took instruction in cha no yu, I was formally introduced to them and the overall aesthetic of Sen Rikyu.
I’m not entirely certain how much, if any, of this I can bring to ITM.
thanks for your snip I have now corrected the typo Nano.
Stivell isn’t Alan’s “real surname” either. So what?
The last time I looked at the issue of common law of surnames
it went somthing like this,
and
Now I am fully aware that this may not be the law in France or Japan but the fact is the guy wrote a book with Ohsawa as the author and as far as I am concerned thats “real” enough a name for to credit his quote under that name.