Jyo, Kyu and Iyo
From a book called Architecture and Body that I'm working with for Jeff:
"Things of Iyu [roughly, playfulness] are described with the word Omoshiro (interesting). In Japan being interesting dominates being right. The value scale is thus
What a wonderful idea!
"Things of Iyu [roughly, playfulness] are described with the word Omoshiro (interesting). In Japan being interesting dominates being right. The value scale is thus
to be beautiful (Jyo)
to be true (Kyo)
to be interesting (Iyu)
to be right."
What a wonderful idea!