{"product_id":"tea-ceremonies-for-winter-paperback-3","title":"Tea Ceremonies for Winter - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRolando Pérez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese tea ceremony is an attempt to impart meaning to that which would oth- erwise go unnoticed. After all, what is so different about serving, pouring, drinking tea, than the brushing of one's teeth? No-thing. What gives significance to the serving of the tea is the \"ceremony\" itself--that is, the form. For in the tea ceremony, the form is the content. Now, in comparison to the Western poem, \"full of\" meaning, allusions, mythologies, history, etc. a haiku may \"just\" describe a scene in nature: the landscape: a river, a tree, a bird, and not much else. But that is so very much already, Rolando Pérez seems to suggest in \u003cem\u003eTea Ceremonies for Winter\u003c\/em\u003e. So very much. \"The objects of nature pre- sented in a Basho haiku, for instance, simply are--they exist for themselves,\" says Pérez. \"If they are 'sublime, ' they are not so for us,\" and this is what we must all learn, if we are to save the Earth from complete destruction--the result of our Western greed and rampant narcissism. In this light, \u003cem\u003eTea Ceremonies for Winter \u003c\/em\u003eis an invitation--through lan- guage--to let non-human objects be without submitting them to the control, manipu- lation, and exploitation of our Imperial I. Pérez's \u003cem\u003eTea Ceremonies for Winter \u003c\/em\u003eis a book that says: \"we are all in this together\"--but that \"we\" also includes mountains, rivers, plastic bags, plants, rocks, tea leaves, light bulbs valves, hammers, mice, etc.. Pérez accomplishes this with simplicity and elegance of style \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 65\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336577138937,"sku":"9781887276894","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/KcGGiM6ExP9781887276894_79e4430d-536b-4181-a97b-785dfc8fedf8.webp?v=1769667783","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/tea-ceremonies-for-winter-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}