the
famous japanese gardner Rikyu designed a tea garden for a temple. The
garden had a beautiful view overlooking the ocean. He placed two hedges
near the water basin that a visitor would use to wash his hands during the
ceremony. The hedges blocked the view of the sea except when the visitor
bent over to wash his hands. Rikyu intended that a contemplative
visitor, when
using the basin might 'see this mind reflected within its small compass
and so epitomized. Then, looking up and suddenly catching a glimpse of the
splendid infinitude of the ocean the viewer could realize, in its relationship
to the bit of water in the basin, that man is likewise a bit of the Infinite,
the same in substance and spirit.' —Loraine Kuck