Day 3 — On Sacredness (3 Days in Meditation)
In early October 2020, I was invited as a Guest lecturer in Maastricht Academy of Architecture. Day 3 : on Sacredness. A tea gathering is a kind of welcoming sacredness : the host receives the guests so that they can have the right environnement to experience sacredness. It is about creating an emptiness for someone…
Day 2 — On Impermanence (3 Days in Meditation)
In early October 2020, I was invited as a Guest lecturer in Maastricht Maastricht Academy of Architecture. Day 2 : on impermanence Though consciousness will always linger around the nerves of the potter’s hands, in the intentional invitation of the hosts, in the attentive and respectful mind of the guests, it is only second to…
Day 1 — On rules (3 Days in Meditation)
In early October 2020, I was invited as a Guest lecturer in Maastricht Academy of Architecture. Day 1 : On rules. Rules in the tea room are not made to constrain people to certain social interactions. They are made so that, as a tea master once told me, ‘‘there is no room for doubt’’.
Tea gathering — the knight in blue
A peaceful tea ceremony for a blue-loving friend. Using mycelium, calligraphy, Artemisia powder and a an hand made bowl.
Tea gathering — (Un)balance
A peaceful tea ceremony for the beginning of autumn. Using mycelium, calligraphy, Artemisia powder and a an old korean teabowl for a dear friend from Italy.
Tea gathering — The noble man
A peaceful tea ceremony for the end of summer. Using mycelium, calligraphy, Artemisia powder and a tenmoku bowl.
The many ways
The table and the inner light St. Ambroise church, in Paris. The chapel’s windows come in pairs, mimicking the shape of Moses’ tables of law. How curious. Stone tablets turned into colorful filters of light. Perhaps it is a reminder that the christian law does not come from the word given to the jewish people,…
Chanoyu : a ritual art ?
Why drinking matcha was coined a ceremony or a ritual ? Why has the Japanese tea ceremony been called a « ceremony » or as « ritual » ? It is easy to forget that the terms translated : « chanoyu » or « chado », mean « hot water for tea » and « way of tea ». While the former is truly designed to remind…
Tea without Tea
The Japanese tea ceremony I have now been practicing for more than three years is often associated with the art of preparing tea. Matcha, after all, is the central part of the process. It is the sacred beverage, the star consumable of the process, the reason why we gather in the first place. In Japan,…
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Nessim Cohen 