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Ten Directions
In many countries the taking of tea is a ritual. In England, the water must be at boiling point, the tea must be loose, the pot must be warmed and the milk must be chilled.
In India, tea is boiled with milk and a chaos of spice, poured from great height so that it splashes and froths into a tall glass.
But in Japan, tea is more than a ritual, it is a ceremony that can encompass calligraphy, flowers, a whisk, the correct placing of the bowl. And tea.
You might never have heard of the tea ceremony and stumbled into this frame unawares, but each carefully placed element invites you to sit quietly and enjoy this ritual of rituals. While the world rushes on outside, still your mind a while and contemplate how perfection can be achieved in something as simple or complicated as a bowl of tea.
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