腕木門 Botanical
Garden Gate

Berkeley California

(left) Gate stands in evening sun awaiting completion

腕木門 Botanical
Garden Gate

Berkeley California

(left) Gate stands in evening sun awaiting completion

待合 (machiai) was installed at the Brooklyn botanical garden

in spring of 2019, constructed in the Sukiya style

developed around 1568-1600.

待合 (machiai) was installed at the Brooklyn botanical garden in spring of 2019,

constructed in the Sukiya style developed around (1568-1600)

腕木門 Botanical
Garden Gate

While my bowl is still half full,
you can eat out of it too,
and when it is empty
just bury it out in the flowers.

The Garden Gate is blowing open


The Garden Gate is blowing open


“Even though you try to put people under control, it is impossible. You cannot do it. The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense. To give your sheep or cow a large spacious meadow is the way to control him. So it is with people: first let them do what they want, and watch them. This is the best policy. To ignore them is not good. That is the worst policy. The second worst is trying to control them. The best one is to watch them, just to watch them, without trying to control them.”
― Shunryu Suzuki