The water vessel, taken as a vessel only, raises the question, Why doe…

Rabindranath Tagore
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The water vessel, taken as a vessel only, raises the question, Why does it exist at all? Through its fitness of construction, it offers the apology for its existence. But where it is a work of beauty it has no question to answer; it has nothing to do, but to be. ✨ Rabindranath Tagore (2015). Creative Unity, p.6, Sheba Blake Publishing
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