「In the trembling grey of a spring dawn, when the birds were whispering in mysterious cardence among the trees, have you not felt that they were talking to their mates about the flowers?
Surely with the mankind the appreciation of flowers must have been coeval with the poetry of love.
Where better than in a flower, sweet in its unconsciousness, fragrant because of its silence, can we image the unfolding of a virgin soul?
The primeval man in offering the first garland to his maiden therby transcended the brute.
He became human in thus rising above the crude necessities of nature.
He entered the realm of art when he perceived the subtle use of the useless.」
(From the Book of Tea-Flowers, pp.89-90, Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont, Tokyo, Japan)
Now, let's learn about the role of flowers in the Way of Tea.
Okakura Tenshin talks the interesting story about Japanese Flower arrangements.
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