Perfect Form, Perfectly Spare Chinese Stoneware Ear Cup, c. 600 AD faux food I find them highly empathetic

I find them highly empathetic and completely charming and think they have an almost sci-fi sort of sense to them

so certainly her presence is most welcome

and sense of identification with

When I come across a school notebook as sweet as this one

and on the other a board for Nine Men's Morris (also known as Merrills

Perfect Form, Perfectly Spare Chinese Stoneware Ear Cup, c. 600 AD faux food I find them highly empatheticTo my eye the most perfectly minimal, perfectly proportioned shallow vessel, just what it needs to be and not a thing more, this is a very old Chinese "ear cup", c 600 AD, which I purchased from a collector, dealer and friend in Maine. Chinese ear cups, or 'erbei' in Chinese, are an ancient form, functional as vessels for drinking, but more broadly embodying Chinese philosophy, aesthetics, and social customs and exquisite craftsmanship. And indeed,