Discussion Facilitator: Tod Fiste. Saturday, April 11, 2020.

We join spokes together in a wheel,

but it is the center hole

that makes the wagon move.

We shape clay into a pot,

but it is the emptiness inside

that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house,

but it is the inner space

that makes it livable. We work with being,

but non-being is what we use.

Another translation:

Thirty spokes join in one hub

In its emptiness, there is the function of a vehicle

Mix clay to create a container

In its emptiness, there is the

function of a container

Cut open doors and windows to create a room

In its emptiness, there is the function of a room

Therefore, that which exists is used to create benefit

That which is empty is used to create functionality

Five different translations side by side:

Enigmatic? Yes, wonderfully so!