Tao Te Ching

“The key component is not the quality of the materials─what’s needed is magic. If that magic is present, the most basic daily matters and the plainest language can be turned into a device of surprising sophistication. First and foremost, though, is what’s packed away in your garage. Magic can’t work if your garage is empty. You’ve got to stash away a lot of junk”

— Haruki Murakami 1949 CE – via Ted Goossen
from “So What Shall I Write About?” (2015)