{"title":"Okakura — Art of Life","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"art-of-life-okakura-organic-tee","title":"The Art of Life — Okakura Kakuzō Quote Organic T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe drawers are on the wrong side in the new kitchen. For a week your hand reaches left and finds nothing. Then one morning it goes right without asking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— Okakura Kakuzō\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Tea, Ch. III, “Taoism and Zennism,” 1906. Written in English, so there’s no translation. We check every line against a primary source.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJust before it, he writes: “Relativity seeks Adjustment; Adjustment is Art.” The Taoist idea he is explaining is to meet the world as it is, instead of fixing it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe closing phrase breaks from the margin and settles at the far edge, doing what the sentence says. Behind the word readjustment sits 和, the character for harmony, first of the four principles of the tea ceremony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrganic cotton.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWear it through the month everything moved.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/pages\/okakura-art-of-life\"\u003eExplore this line →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/collections\/okakura\"\u003eMore from Okakura Kakuzō →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso on: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/art-of-life-okakura-organic-sweatshirt\"\u003ethe sweatshirt\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"Black \/ S","offer_id":67607984930910,"sku":"5153147_20716","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ M","offer_id":67607984963678,"sku":"5153147_20717","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ L","offer_id":67607984996446,"sku":"5153147_20718","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ XL","offer_id":67607985029214,"sku":"5153147_20719","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Black \/ 2XL","offer_id":67607985061982,"sku":"5153147_20720","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"French Navy \/ S","offer_id":67607985094750,"sku":"5153147_20726","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"French Navy \/ M","offer_id":67607985127518,"sku":"5153147_20727","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"French Navy \/ L","offer_id":67607985160286,"sku":"5153147_20728","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"French Navy \/ XL","offer_id":67607985193054,"sku":"5153147_20729","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"French Navy \/ 2XL","offer_id":67607985225822,"sku":"5153147_20730","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/art-of-life-okakura-organic-tee-black-front.png?v=1790986061"},{"product_id":"art-of-life-okakura-organic-sweatshirt","title":"The Art of Life — Okakura Kakuzō Quote Organic Sweatshirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe power has been out for two days. You cook on the grill, read by lantern, and stop checking the clock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e— Okakura Kakuzō\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Book of Tea, Ch. III, “Taoism and Zennism,” 1906. Written in English, so there’s no translation. 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