Our project was on the tea house. Here are some interesting quotes we found that give a good idea about why the big deal about tea!


"Tea-ism is a cult founded on the adoration of the
beautiful among the sordid facts of every-day existence. “




"Zen mind is ordinary everyday mind and the tea ceremony is, like sweeping the garden or planting rice or working at a desk, refined but common-place, a ritual performed not as an emblem, but as useful in and of itself. Bringing Zen mind to the task at hand, every detail of every task becomes simple and luminous. The tea ceremony becomes art, a ceremony performed not as symbol or allegory, but as an ultimate expression of the here-and-now in which Zen practice is rooted. “



“The daily drinking of tea is important to calm one’s self.”


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Margarita Marchenko
Jacqueline Pereira
Anne Frobeen
Vince Andriano