The Magic Tea Room

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What does this pictorial of the optimal size tea room remind you of? The dash-dot lines were added by me to give you a bit more of a hint to the symbolism here, got it yet? Yes, you have it right, it is the "magic square" often referred to in many ancient writings from China. Think the I Ching and the number 9 as well as 15 totaled by adding any three squares, etc.

Take away the lines I added and you have a 4.5 tatami size tea room. This is just another means to show how things connect even when they appear on the surface to be far and away from such symbolistic connective significance. This is just a continuance of my belief that the study of such things will provide "more" to the practice of these Asian art forms that have inspired Westerners for the last fifty plus years.