It tends to focus more on the ideas of solitude, tranquillity, poverty, and simplicity. The lines of the teahouse, the placement of the utensils, and the arrangement of flowers are all asymmetrical. In this way, it is an incompleteness, which in the true wabi spirit, contains no thought of incompleteness. By being incomplete, there is the value of suggestion in the art. In leaving something unsaid, the beholder is given a chance to complete the idea and, thus, a great masterpiece irresistibly rivets your attention until you seem to become actually a part of it.
Some symbols evoke other objects or ideas by partial reference.
Others display a sensory likeness to absent elements. Groups of symbols often elicit series of associations. These bear no resemblance to the phenomena they represent, but they do communicate multiple layers of meaning. Because their lack of specificity allows more room for personal interpretation, such entities are often capable of eliciting unusually powerful responses. The Toriawase For the ritual to be effective, all the diverse components must be carefully orchestrated.