Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.
Louis Kahan
Louis Kahan
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Tea Bowl with Painting by Otagaki Rengetsu
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Someaenu koyo no kage ni machitsuketekyo wa ureshiki hatsushigure kana Still Crimson,In the shade of the maple leaves I take cover;Somehow a happy eventTo feel the first rain of winter. Rengetsu](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgpkopsSaf1qahuhjo1_1280.jpg)
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Tea Bowl with Painting by Otagaki Rengetsu
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Drifting
like white clouds
from beginning to end -
a thing of mystery
is this heart.
like white clouds
from beginning to end -
a thing of mystery
is this heart.
![Otagaki Rengetsu & Tomioka Tessai ‘In this world’ hanging scroll [kakemono] 1867  calligraphy, painting 92.0 x 20.0 cm Collection of the National Gallery of Australia
In this world there are certain forms which bring [welcome] thoughts to mind. The eggplant serves as a symbol of happiness.
(trans. Patricia Fister)
http://nga.gov.au/Rengetsu/details/143950.cfm](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgpmc8iJrT1qahuhjo1_1280.jpg)
