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June 6, 2025

Tea, Past, and Future

By student Matt Hoffman 

A hand holds a ceramic bowl with freshly whisked matcha green tea, resting over a traditional tatami mat floor.
 Matcha tea

A Grass green liquid
Made of grace, purpose, and skill
Enjoy not for taste

 

A large bronze statue of the Great Buddha (Daibutsu) sits peacefully in a meditative pose, surrounded by lush green trees and visitors at its base under a clear blue sky.
Kamakura Giant Buddha

Oh awakened one
Great statue meditates still
for Time passes all

 

A man in a seal environment suit walking through a digital landscape, all within a box
Human One by Beeple

Raised by computer 
All stimuli overload 
Walking in false worlds