Message from lgates

[Anonymous]

Tuesday afternoon and tea, how wonderful. I've got some great new terms to throw around and incorpoate into my own life, like: raku, wabi, and tokonoma. I love that concept of the tokonoma also the staggered sheleve with some scholarly works artistically placed; my only problem is I love them too much and have something like that ever 3 feet in my classroom and my house. The idea of simplicity and restraint in decore is a hard on for me to incorporate into my life, although I love to view it.

The tea ceremony, I love it, I'am going to try it in my classroom, I'll let you know what happens. More than that I really like the concept of tea master. I now like to think of myself as a mataphoric tea master instead of teacher as in invite my students into my room and serve them knowledge of course they are quiet and introspective as they take in what I serve. It's a goal to strive for anyway. 😛 [Edit by="lgates on Sep 25, 1:11:22 PM"][/Edit]