about wabi
wabi:/n/ (Japanese) a flawed detail that creates an elegant whole
Hi, I’m Amber, a 25 26 27-year-old writer from Queensland, Australia.
I started this blog at the end of 2009 when my life fell apart. Most of the pieces have been reassembled and haphazardly glued back together, but I say that I don’t so much live to write but I write to live.
I post (unapolagetically) about whatever I feel like. Most often this is stuff about writing and poetry, fashion and design, food, culture, fine art, cats, or how my day is going. I have arthritis in my back, unruly hair, and my father’s nose. Sometimes I rage about the injustice of these bodily afflictions.
I love:
- hot, sweet, milky tea, preferably made by someone else
- stormy weather, thunder, and steady rain
- seeing couples in their 80s still holding hands
- the smell of sweet pea flowers, coffee, and clean, soapy skin
- the Oxford comma
- Black underwear, black clothes, black boots
- Simon and Garfunkel, or really any music that involves a depressed person and a guitar
- furry animals
- falling asleep
- buying books and opening a new magazine
- warm swimming pools and hot, hot showers
- daydreaming about dinner
- vintage photographs
- making lists
I don’t love:
- bearded lizards, ibises, or geese
- drifting off to sleep with my glasses on
- getting out of bed in the morning
- one-word answers, or worse yet, one-character text-message replies
- careless writing
- personalities lacking wit
- bras with vicious underwires
- being yelled at
- beer
- doctors
- an accumulation of dusty ornaments on shelves
- speculative fiction
- complexity where it’s not necessary — and it’s rarely necessary
- introducing myself
My educational background is in Linguistics and Writing. I tutor non-English-speaking children by day, and write and work towards my Master’s Degree by night. I have an older brother, a little sister, a lovely sister-in-law, and a precious, beautiful nephew. I am outspoken but totally sensitive, I laugh even when I’m incredibly depressed, and I consider myself somewhat a-religious and a-political, although I do believe in God and government. Most of all, I believe in compassion. And cups of tea.
If you want to know anything else, drop me a line. I’ll share almost anything, except my postal address or phone number, because I don’t want anthrax in the mail.
Cheers
Amber
