February Flying Carpet 2014

             Amidst all the zooming and twirling, Flying Carpet must rest.
A contemplative cup of tea can stop the world.

                                                                                             

Some of you may remember gathering our exquisite tea cups
after matcha a long time ago...

 In Tea the expression ichigo ichie is often heard.

 It means “one time, one meeting.”

“Each tea gathering is an opportunity for an experience

that will never occur again in one’s life.”

In this spirit of the celebration of each unique moment, 

may I share TEA JOURNAL with you?

Each page records a time of drinking tea.

                    constants: 1 sheet of handmade paper from Gallery Kei in Kyoto

                                         1 drawn rectangle

                                         rubbing of texture

                                         signatures (real or invented) of companions

                                         date & sometimes location

                                         tea stain (sometimes coffee) (or wine only in France)

Tea can also make us mindful of

“...the evanescense of all things and the unchanging in the changing”

                                                       TEA TIME CUMULUS  is
                                                       a cumulus of tea bags
                                  from September 1, 2013 to February 27, 2014

 

So relax and enjoy a cup of tea and spill a little on the Flying Carpet

Special thanks to Soshitsu Sen XV for quotes from his book Tea Life, Tea Mind