'We join spokes together in a wheel,
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move.
We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.
We cut windows and doors for a house,
but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.
We work with being
but non-being is what we use.'
Tao Te Ching Chapter 11
-adapted from 1988 translation by S.Mitchell
but it is the center hole
that makes the wagon move.
We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.
We cut windows and doors for a house,
but it is the inner spacethat makes it livable.
We work with being
but non-being is what we use.'
Tao Te Ching Chapter 11
-adapted from 1988 translation by S.Mitchell
