from the Tao Te Ching
We join thirty spokes
to the hub of a wheel
yet it’s the center hole
that drives the chariot.
We shape clay
to birth a vessel
yet it’s the hollow within
that makes it useful
We chisel doors & windows
to construct a room,
yet it’s the inner space
that makes it livable.
Thus do we
create what is
to use
what is not.