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# An Unexpected Gift
- URL: https://www.cultofquality.com/an-unexpected-gift/
- Published: 2012-07-06T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-03T19:55:40.000Z
- Author: Jason Cohen
- Tags: Taiwan, Poetry

ChowYu strikes again, this time literally with his calligraphy brush.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/69/e4/69e46ae8-c7ea-4919-ab7f-c2c23a98bb8f/content/images/2023/01/DSCN1844.JPG)

After our last discussion at Wisteria, Yu asked me “what can I do for your Institute” and the first answer out of my mouth (before I could ask for HongYin) was “ART”. We had spent a lot of time talking about the phenomenology behind creating a space suitable for the contemplation and discussion of tea, as well as (tea) science, (tea) philosophy, (tea) art; a place where people wouldn’t come to talk about the latest trend or fashion, or if they did, a place that would drive them to deeper contemplation.

So, the Tea Institute is lacking in art and proper setting.

Chow Yu has helped us to remedy that with a beautiful piece!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/69/e4/69e46ae8-c7ea-4919-ab7f-c2c23a98bb8f/content/images/2023/01/DSCN1843.JPG)

It reads:

> ChaShi (knowing tea)  
> Is the analysis of tea the end,  
> or is the study the key for contemplation,  
> to understand the great universe?  
> Encourage Penn State Universities Blue and White Tea  
> House to teach the next generation of ChaRen!

He also gave us personalized pieces to aid us in our own study. Prized possession #34? I think so!

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/69/e4/69e46ae8-c7ea-4919-ab7f-c2c23a98bb8f/content/images/2023/01/DSCN1850.JPG)