Wiser by Day

Room to Hold

Ask what needs room, and what keeps that room open.

A potter in a clay-streaked apron leans over a spinning wheel in a dim studio, fingers pressing open the centre of a wet terracotta bowl.
Phone wallpaper
An egg tempera painting of a potter opening a bowl on the wheel, with shelves of pots and a leaning cart wheel behind. Terracotta letters brushed on the plaster wall read: Before clearing anything, ask what needs room here, and what holds that room open.
Art print

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Phone: Save to Photos, then set as wallpaper. Move or zoom to fit.

Print: Home-print quality (about 125 pixels per inch). Match your paper size; use Fit for printer margins or borderless if supported. Letter trims slightly.

The idea behind it: Daodejing 11: what makes empty space useful →

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