swishism

I couldn’t put it any better than this Lao-tzu poem I found (via  Johnnie Moore)

Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub,
It is the centre hole that makes it useful.
Shape clay into a vessel,
It is the space within that makes it useful.
Cut doors and windows for a room,
It is the holes which make it useful.
Therefore profit comes from what is there,
Usefulness from what is not there.

swishism entry elegance, emptiness, minimalism, scissorhands, usefulness