「The "Abode of the Unsymmetrical" suggests another phase of our decorative scheme.
The absence of smmetry in Japanese art objects has been often commented on by Western critics.
This, also, is a result of a working out through Zennism of Taoist ideals.
Confucianism, with its deep-seated ideas of dualism, and Northern Buddhism with its workship of a trinity, were in no way opposed to the expression of symmetry.
As a matter of fact, if we study the ancient bronzes of China or the religious arts of the Tang dynasty and the Nara period, we shall recognise a constant striving after symmetry.
The decoration of our classical interors was decidedly regular in its arrangement.
The Taoist and Zen conception of perfection, however, was different.
The dynamic natere of their philosophy laid more stress upon the process through which perfection was sought than upon perfection itself.
True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally completed the incomplete.」 (From the Book of Tea-the Tea-Room, pp.69-70, Charles E, Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, Japan)
This section is very important to understand the "Abode of the Unsymmetrical".
The concepts are the result of workings out through Zennism of Taoist ideals.
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