Simon: I found this book in the attic. The Book of Tea.
Olivia: A significant find?
Simon: Very. One of the first books I bought in Japan. Look, I’d even stamped the date in it. 9 JUN 1973.
Olivia: The date might make it personally meaningful. But what about its literary significance?
Simon: Okakura Kakuzo. Notable Japanese scholar. And artist. And commentator.
Olivia: How did the book affect you?
Simon: Instilled simplicity.
Olivia: But you’ve lived a complicated life.
Simon: So finding the book reminded me to revisit simplicity.
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Voice-over
Tea. The simplicity of making it. Like go. Ironically, it leads to recognition of complexities.
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