@Ailjhe 12 July 2020 more from that month

The art of tea

The art of tea is the aestheticism of primitive simplicity.Its ideal,to come closer to nature,is realized by sheltering oneself under a thatched roof in a room which hardly ten feet square but which must be artificially constructed and furnished. The art of tea symbolizes simplification.first of all,by an inconspicous solitary,thatched hut erected,perhaps under an old pine tree as if the hut were part of nature and not specially constructed by human hands. The tea water when analyzed contains all the filth disturbing and contaminating the stream of our consciousness.An art is perfected only when it cease to be art,when there is the perfection of artlessness,when the innermost sincerity of our being asserts itself.and this is the meaning of reverence in the art of tea.Reverence is,therefore,sincerity or simplicity of heart. Thanks everyone and always tc.❤❤