Readers will learn that training in ikebana is a process of achieving spiritual enlightenment and that the craft of arranging Also known as kadō, ikebana is the traditional Japanese art of floral design. Ikebana uses lines, color, mass, form, movement, space, shape, balance, and a rich tradition of Japanese culture, religion, and symbolism to capture the perfect imperfection of nature and human emotion in floral design This paper includes reflection of my own art practice as a contemporary Ikeb