THE ART OF TEA

Mixed Medium Assemblage: approx. 12"w x 15"h

"The tea ceremonies of Japan are conceived in the spirit of the Taoist earthly paradise.
The tearoom, called the abode of fancy, is an ephemeral structure built to enclose
a moment of poetic intuition. Called too the abode of vacancy, it is devoid of ornamentation.
Temporarily it contains a single picture or flower-arrangement. The teahouse is called the abode of
the unsymmetrical: the unsymmetrical suggests movement; the purposely unfinished leaves
a vacuum into which the imagination of the beholder can pour."

- Joseph Campbell:The Hero With A Thousand Faces