Last week we also were given the opportunity to practice
cha bana, while trying to keep in mind the principles/rules we learned earlier: arrange the flowers as they are in the field, no heavy or fragrant flowers (as to avoid them dominating the space they were to be placed in), nothing is hidden, listen to what they flower has to say, strive to retain not only the purity of the flower(s), but the container and the heart as well, use seasonal or naturally occuring plants, construct with asymmetry (nature is not symmetrical), keep the flowers odd, the height of the arrangement is not to exceed the height of its container (relatively), hierarchy, remember ma: dominant, subdominant, subordinant.
Cha bana is not meant to be luxurious nor the dominating aspect, but rather a companion to the space or its scroll. The container is meant to echo it as well; much like the first demonstration two or so weeks ago, where the container's form emphasized (and guided) Professor Gunji's arrangement. Shin: glazed, porcelain, rigid/vertical form. Gyo: partially glazed, some tactile elemtents, relatively vertical. So: freedom in the form, asymmetrical, unglazed, personality.
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