Betas & Wabi-Sabi

[JuJu]

The Japanese have a marvelous, antique term for the appreciation of things that are imperfect: “wabi-sabi.”

Wabi-sabi sees the limitless in the limited, marvels at what John & Suzy Q. Public (of “demographic X;” likely from somewhere near Missouri, or wherever; and trending Republican, but not for the superiority-complex - and definitely not for the irony - but for he actual nuts n’ bolts); find decidedly un-marvellous.

Every quadra has its own wabi-sabi, but betas – in my own personal experience – have one that shows itself as clearly as the plastic surgery scars on Lara Flynn Boyle’s face. I saw it time and time again during the tribal councils of life this past year.

If you are unsure of your own Socionics type, but considering beta – or are unsure of your friend, enemy’s, or frenemy's type, but inclined toward beta owing to a particular resonance or repulsion – consider playing match game with beta wabi-sabi:

• Furious ambition – nothing is more characteristic of beta, and it resonates with betas whether it undergirds a revolution or a tailgate party.
• ‘Ajuantadora’ – people who endure
• The macabre: death, madness, and decay
• The taboo: public/religious morality, deviance, and censorship

In other words: for betas, “hope” and “faith” aren’t just concepts with religious overtones – they’re also strippers from "somewhere near Missouri." (Get it..? Wabi-sabi..? )

Three exemplars of beta NF ajuantadora, all named “Vincent,” run amok with wabi-sabi... Appreciate them, or consider whether or not, deep down, you have the $10 to spring for a Japanese girlfriend for the evening.

• Vincent Price (EIE-Fe) – with SLE-Ti Basil Rathbone, in an adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s (Ni-IEI) “Black Cat”/”Cask of Amontillado”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjmeAmKz0wM

• Vincent D’Onofrio (EIE-Ni) – the first 3:50 are worth watching, but D’Onfrio’s face from 2:30 until the instructor threatens to skull-fuck him is 100% pure beta wabi-sabi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TNhS81w4bM

• Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper) (IEI-Fe) – with Vincent Price (EIE-FE.) (See how I brought the example full-circle there..? Frankly,you can't go pleasin' everyone, so you might as well amuse yourself - that's how I see it.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVHUyDxmi_Q

[Absurd]

Great.

[Gilly]

Eh

[Park]

JuJu's back in town.

[Saberstorm]

I am from Missouri. I do not get the references...

[ashlesha]

so you like wabi sabi, eh? thats cool.

[Radio]

you sound like one pretentious fag-got

[GuavaDrunk]

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ja...-aesthetics/#3

You may be picking Betas who are similar to you, too.

[rahmyn]

Interesting. I think you are right. True for my tastes anyway.

The Japanese have a marvelous, antique term for the appreciation of things that are imperfect: “wabi-sabi.”

Wabi-sabi sees the limitless in the limited, marvels at what John & Suzy Q. Public (of “demographic X;” likely from somewhere near Missouri, or wherever; and trending Republican, but not for the superiority-complex - and definitely not for the irony - but for he actual nuts n’ bolts); find decidedly un-marvellous.

Every quadra has its own wabi-sabi, but betas – in my own personal experience – have one that shows itself as clearly as the plastic surgery scars on Lara Flynn Boyle’s face. I saw it time and time again during the tribal councils of life this past year.

If you are unsure of your own Socionics type, but considering beta – or are unsure of your friend, enemy’s, or frenemy's type, but inclined toward beta owing to a particular resonance or repulsion – consider playing match game with beta wabi-sabi:

• Furious ambition – nothing is more characteristic of beta, and it resonates with betas whether it undergirds a revolution or a tailgate party.
• ‘Ajuantadora’ – people who endure
• The macabre: death, madness, and decay
• The taboo: public/religious morality, deviance, and censorship

In other words: for betas, “hope” and “faith” aren’t just concepts with religious overtones – they’re also strippers from "somewhere near Missouri." (Get it..? Wabi-sabi..? )

Three exemplars of beta NF ajuantadora, all named “Vincent,” run amok with wabi-sabi... Appreciate them, or consider whether or not, deep down, you have the $10 to spring for a Japanese girlfriend for the evening.

• Vincent Price (EIE-Fe) – with SLE-Ti Basil Rathbone, in an adaptation of Edgar Allen Poe’s (Ni-IEI) “Black Cat”/”Cask of Amontillado”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjmeAmKz0wM

• Vincent D’Onofrio (EIE-Ni) – the first 3:50 are worth watching, but D’Onfrio’s face from 2:30 until the instructor threatens to skull-fuck him is 100% pure beta wabi-sabi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TNhS81w4bM

• Vincent Furnier (Alice Cooper) (IEI-Fe) – with Vincent Price (EIE-FE.) (See how I brought the example full-circle there..? Frankly,you can't go pleasin' everyone, so you might as well amuse yourself - that's how I see it.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVHUyDxmi_Q