Renaissance Art

This is Artbeast, Arthur, and…. one of my great passions is Chinese Tea, specifically gung fu tea, tea served with great care.  This is not at all like the more formal and lengthy Japanese Tea Ceremony.  Gung Fu tea is informal and centering and with a group quite social.  I practice it daily.  Anyway… this being one of my passions, I am working on a new venture, finding local potters to develop with me a unique line of handcrafted teaware to bridge the Chinese and American/European tea cultures.  I am calling this new company Tea Hardware.  One of the potters I am working with is Ray Morales.  He sent me 19 sample cups the other day and I have been sitting with them, drinking tea in the dawn hours in my tea room.  I thot I would share a picture of what he sent me and see what other people’s life passions are.  This pic is taken on the table in my tea room.

So….. What are some of your great passions in life… those things you love to do by yourself or with a group? Another one of mine is playing the Shakuhachi flute… maybe a future post on that one.

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