If "this" is there, I will build the garden. If "this" is used, I will imagine the garden. If "this" suits to the garden, it will be done. What is "this"?
Is "this" made of wood or stone? Is "this" the view on the landscape or the modeled thing from the predecessor's spirit? Although it will still be easy to understand if this thing is visible, it becomes difficult if it is invisible. I will write about this story on another occasion.
When developing your capability to see the materials of the Japanese garden, first you have to possess them. It is necessary to keep the materials close to you, and feel them deeply. When your capability flourishes, you will recognize more than before. You can cultivate your sensitivity this way. If you come across an exquisite material, claim yourself as lucky and the garden space will improve by just adding it. Unfortunately, there is hardly an opportunity to find such a material.
If you want to find quality materials, you have to build human connections which can help you get the things you want.
The material in which you canŐt sense any life is irrelevant. If each stands out in a combination of various materials, it is not desirable. I think it is difficult to grasp the balance between several materials.
If you loose yourself while thinking about the materials for the garden, you can use a secret way, to carry out some of your own treasured objects.
When you find a first- class material you shouldn't work on it. An amateur's hand will destroy this precious material. When you want to combine materials of certain quality, you should utilize the hand of an excellent craftsman who can ameliorate the materials. Unnecessary things should be removed at an early stage, because if you keep them, your garden will be congested, therefore too elaborate.
There is always something essential in the innovative garden. Is it the material of excellent quality, the strained composition of materials or the mysterious world which appears and disappears? Anyway, you just need to work everyday for "the ultimate encounter". The person who says "A garden flashed when I woke up," is a happy person.
