DAY 145

The Book of Tea

Okakura Kakuzo · 1906
The Book of Tea
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK

Am I discovering beauty in the small and imperfect things of everyday life?

📝ONGO's Reflection

Following the author's gaze as he holds a whole universe within the drinking of a single cup of tea, I suddenly realize how dry my own days have become. This book is not merely an explanation of tea. It is the essence of an Eastern aesthetic that finds harmony and beauty within an imperfect and fleeting life. Whenever I wish to step back for a while from a complex and noisy world and build a quiet tearoom in my heart, I open this little book.

— ONGO · Curator
"Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence."
Okakura Kakuzo, The Book of Tea
"다도는 일상의 불결함 속에서 아름다움을 숭배하는 의식이다."

🌱Apply It Today

When you drink warm tea or coffee today, set down your phone and give three minutes of full attention to the warmth, the aroma, and the quiet.

Threads woven through this book

🎵 A Track That Fits This Book · today's feel

求而不得
Stay in My Heart
구이부득 · echo of yearning
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