pickThis is an important book for understanding Japanese culture and aestheticism. The writing feels dated but I really enjoyed the translator‘s foreword and afterward. 🍵 🇯🇵
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pickThis is an important book for understanding Japanese culture and aestheticism. The writing feels dated but I really enjoyed the translator‘s foreword and afterward. 🍵 🇯🇵
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 84
#BooksToRead #TBRPile #TBRMountain
Satan‘s Little Book Coven had our Xmas in July last night. It was a great success. Dinner then drinks at a cocktail bar followed by Karaoke. Who knew I love to sing in public. Tagged book is the one I received in our gift swap.
pickOkakura uses tea, a drink partaken of in both East and West, as a way of demystifying Japanese culture and challenging Orientalism in Europe and America. Written in English for a Western audience, it is a wonderfully poetic introduction to Japanese culture and aesthetics.
"Though I cannot flee
from the world of corruption,
I can prepare tea
with water from a mountain stream
and put my heart to rest."
- Ueda Akinari, 1762
The roji, the garden path which leads to...the tea-room, signified the first stage of meditation - the passage into self-illumination. The roji was intended to break connection with the outside world, and to produce a fresh sensation conducive to the full enjoyment of aestheticism in the tea-room itself. 👇🏼
"Let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle. Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things."
“Teaism is a cult founded on the adoration of the beautiful among the sordid facts of everyday existence. It inculcates purity and harmony, the mystery of mutual charity, the romanticism of the social order. It is essentially a worship of the Imperfect, as it is a tender attempt to accomplish something possible in this impossible thing we know as life.”
Next up, staying with a Japanese vibe, and a book on a subject close to my heart 💗 Kettle's on... fancy a brew ?🍵
There is nothing better than a hot cup of tea and a good book!!! #bookandabeverage #gratefulreads @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Is there anything better than being able to #SitDown with a nice cup of tea and a good book?
#RedRoseSeptember @Cinfhen @arlenefinnigan
Are you a Tea or coffee drinker?
pickA short read which helped illuminate Japanese culture a little bit more for me.
#litsyatoz #lettero
completed my read for #nonfiction2019 #anothercountry . This little book (133 pages) was written in 1905 by a Japanese philosopher, exploring the Japanese relationship with tea. There are some wonderful passages to be savored slowly while sipping your tea of course!☕️
Jumping on the #nonfiction2019 band wagon.
This book was definitely one that opened my eyes a little bit more to Japanese culture.
@Riveted_Reader_Melissa
This is not book related but it is TEA related, which is very Book-adjacent.
I‘ve been rationing my Cream Earl Grey for months now because it seems to have disappeared from my local shop and their website!
Can anyone recommend a good Cream Earl Grey, preferably within the USA?
This is my daily tea and I am a creature of deep habit.
#tea #tealovers #autismproblems
Quite happy with the reading that I have done on this trip. This is one of the last books that I packed for it. 😁
I've never had any of these, but they sound delightful! I like several of The Republic of Tea's offerings.
@umbrellagirl #harneyteagiveaway
“True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.”
My reading spot this morning (and every morning!) I started In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park on audio while making my tea, but now I‘ve switched back to the very apropos The Book of Tea in print.
#24in48 #readingspot #readingchair #booksandtea #readathon #nonfiction
Putting together my (hopefully realistic) stack for this weekend‘s #24in48 readathon! I‘m halfway through The Book of Tea, so that will definitely be my first book. I also have two audiobooks lined up: The Nature Fix by Florence Williams and In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park. Who else is readathon-ing this weekend?
#readathon #bookstack #botm #tbr
How beautiful is this edition of The Book of Tea?
#weekendread #classic #readdiversebooks
I was tempted after seeing @ju.ca.no 's post on Penguin Little Black Classics. They are adorable, really! 😀
pickLove this historical and cultural look into tea!!! So good. It's a short book/long essay. Read my full review at https://bookishliaisons.wixsite.com/bookishliaisons/single-post/2018/05/05/Tea
There is a subtle charm in the taste of tea which makes it irresistible and capable of idealisation. Western humorists were not slow to mingle the fragrance of their thought with its aroma. It has not the arrogance of wine, the self-consciousness of coffee, nor the simpering innocence of cocoa.
1. Loose!
2. Caffeinated if actual tea. Herbals and rooibos okay though.
3. Anything with almond and/or chocolate. Ooh, and blueberry. Other fruits also okay. For non-flavored tea, oolongs are my favorite. Also lapsang souchong.
4. Ginger. Anise. Blech. Which means no chai. 😝
ETA: Apparently there's a #muglove swap which I completely missed. Shame because I would have loved to join!
Discuss.... I'll start in the comments 😋 #teadrinkersofLitsy
"In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends"
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Hi,guys!!I just joined Litsy and I'm so exited to post more pictures and make new friends!??
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P.S. My bookstagram account is _wildlilac_
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#booklover #bookworm #booknerd #bookaholic #flowers #litsy #books4life #litsybooks
so-soTeapot may have made a better prop ;))
Interesting insight into the ancient tradition of tea but I think background knowledge may helped me to better understand the observations in this book.
Poignant reminders about respecting nature (flowers)...
Let us dream of evanescence, and linger in the beautiful foolishness of things.
So, I apparently also have to buy books when I'm at a tea shop (see also: "I buy books in drugstores" post from the other day). ( @LauraBeth - I've discovered another way to #UndercoverBookBuy).
not book related but I am so happy that I actually found unicorn tea at the shop today that I just had to share it ?? @taza_de_te für den nächsten Schreibmarathon ?
8 ounces of amazing tea for $15! Being a member of their subscription gives you huge discounts for their blends and I couldn't resist these, and I am SO glad I got them because they smell amazing and so far I LOVE their blends. Want to try them out? $11 a month including shipping and you get 4-5 teas plus the discount for blends of your choice on their site. #SimpleLooseLeaf #Tea ☕️📚 #BookishMail
https://simplelooseleaf.com/refer/Caled-OYDHSUAI
I also received my first #SimpleLooseLeaf #Tea box today. They all smell AMAZING! ☕️ This subscription is about $9 plus $2 for shipping. $11 a month is not bad at all AND you get discounts for any tea you want to buy other than the subscription teas.
https://simplelooseleaf.com/refer/Caled-OYDHSUAI
Even I, decidedly not a tea drinker, want to get me some of this bookish tea!
http://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/drink/noveltea-literary-tea-tins
$9 for 4 different loose leaf teas each month. What pairs better with a good book than a comforting cup of tea? 📚☕️ 25% discount with this link:
https://simplelooseleaf.com/refer/Caled-OYDHSUAI
Loose-leaf Links is a feature where I gather together the interesting bits and pieces on sci-fi and fantasy I've come across and share them with you over tea.
In news, the New York Times have axed some of their bestseller lists. GenreCon have announced their guests of honour. And Locus Online have posted their recommended reading list for 2016.
Post at http://earlgreyediting.com.au/2017/02/10/loose-leaf-links-33/
Loose-leaf Links is a feature where I gather together the interesting bits and pieces on sci-fi and fantasy I've come across and share them with you over tea.
Awards season is getting underway, with nominations open for the Hugos, the World Fantasy Awards and the Vogels. And submissions are now open for Problem Daughters, an SFF anthology on intersectional diversity.
Details at http://earlgreyediting.com.au/2017/01/27/loose-leaf-links-32/
so-soA very interesting book on the history and key fundamentals of the philosophy of Teaism. The author also makes a point of sharing their opinion on the Westerners of history who stole the notion of Teaism, and culturally appropriated it, and how it made the Japanese people who practised these ideologies feel about having their beliefs usurped like that. Probably not good for sensitive readers.
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#Japan #Philosophy #History #Teaism #BookReview
"The first cup moistens my lips and throat, the second cup breaks my loneliness,... The fourth cup raises a slight perspiration, - all the wrong of life passes away through my pores. At the fifth cup I am purified; the sixth cup calls me to the realm of immortals. The seventh cup - ah, but I could take no more! I only feel the breath of cool wind that rises in my sleeves."
Loose-leaf Links is a feature where I gather together the interesting bits and pieces on sci-fi and fantasy I've come across and share them with you over tea.
In current news, the Book Smugglers announce 4 new novellas, nominations open for the Nebula Awards, and there are a ton of publishing opportunities.
Details at http://earlgreyediting.com.au/2016/12/09/loose-leaf-links-31/
Loose-leaf Links is a feature where I gather together the interesting bits and pieces on sci-fi and fantasy I've come across and share them with you over tea.
In news, winners of the World Fantasy Awards were announced. A ton of great lists for diverse reading were released. And Twisted Moon launched their first issue of speculative poetry.
More at: http://earlgreyediting.com.au/2016/11/11/loose-leaf-links-30/
Tea party in #novemberland The Book of Tea is nonfiction booklet about influence of the tea ceremony in Japanese culture and Green Tea by Sheridan Le Fanu is ghost story.
It's pretty cold here where I'm living so my #MadHaattersteaparty contains Winter Harmony tea (apple, orange, cinnamon and cardamom) and Cinnamon stars (I would like to say - homemade, but they aren't). Tea party to warm me up on cold, foggy day.
Citazione da "La cerimonia del tè di Kakuzō Okakura" ? #garzantilibri #KakuzōOkakura #lettura #cerimoniadelte #citazione #citazioni #cultura #oriente #occidente #novel #libri #libridaleggere #quote #quotes #blogger #blog #blogging #autumnbook #autumnbooks #filomenascrive
