Dr Rashmee Roshan LallThere are some big themes in Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng's novel The Garden of Evening Mists. As The Guardian review from 2012, when the book was published (and longlisted for the Booker Prize) put it, “This is a novel that overflows with historical and specialist information”. No more so than the gardening philosophy #shakkei.
Centuries after its inception, the name continues to be used, widely, in diverse sectors, not least gaming, architecture and photography.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rashmee/p/in-the-garden-shakkei-borrows-scenery?r=1ejfm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Centuries after its inception, the name continues to be used, widely, in diverse sectors, not least gaming, architecture and photography.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rashmee/p/in-the-garden-shakkei-borrows-scenery?r=1ejfm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
In the garden, shakkei 'borrows scenery' to frame, as would a photographer
As someone who likes to garden, one of the more delightful concepts I recently learnt about is shakkei. Malaysian writer Tan Twan Eng’s novel The Garden of Evening Mists mentions this technique, which isn’t really a design principle so much as a philosophy.