Sanctum loves the "hot mess" lifestyle!

The Life! supplement to the Times of India wrote about the new cool...the idea that you're not 'all sorted out' and that life is not perfect and things don't alwasy go according to plan. 'A counterculture to correctness and perfection, 'hot mess' is the zeitgeist of our times.'

The idea is not entirely new. Marc Jacobs said "I always find beauty in things that are old and imperfect - they are much more interesting."

The Japanese idea of wabi-sabi - of finding beauty in imperfection is centuries old. 

You reach a point in your life's joureny where the illusion of perfection, of control, fades and leaves you in a space that's relaxed, in the moment, a place where you can breathe easy.

In such a place, your perception of beauty changes...you find joy in the moment, grandeur in nature, and yes, beauty in a thistle! 

We, at Sanctum, embrace  that lifestyle, celebrate a life less than perfect, and seek beauty in simple things, the quiet, the warm, the personal and unpretentious.

Van Gogh 'Thistles'

The Beauty in a Thistle

A summer living free,
Hearing not a plea,
Of any trouble,
Passing the rubble,
Of yesterday,
I live today,
Tomorrow,
My sorrow,
Will stay in place,
Away from my face,
So utter joy may reign,
To keep away the pain,
That creeps,
Delight seeps,
Into my mind,
And I can find,
The beauty in a thistle.

Melissa Ross (courtesy Poetry Soup)