"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

25 September 2010

Harmony.

Georgia O'Keeffe, Black and Purple Petunias
It is to live with a refined attention to detail -- the flowers of the season, the sound of water poured onto stone, the time at which evening turns to dusk -- not because these things will enlarge the self, but because they bring our lives into harmony with that which transcends self.
- Okakura, The Book of Tea

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