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no_shoe_zone [2024/11/28 17:22] – mirsalno_shoe_zone [2025/01/04 18:52] (current) – fix link of moved image adeptveritatis
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-People around the House of Tea are usually not big fans of **rules**... Yet there is what became more of a //usage// or a //tradition// at the House of Tea, around our tea tables and in our cozy space: to **leave the shoes at the edge of the zone**. (some shoe boxes should conveniently help store them more or less neatly..)+People around the House of Tea are usually not big fans of **rules**... Yet there is what became more of a //usage// or a //tradition// at the House of Tea, around our tea tables and in our cozy space: to **leave the shoes at the edge of the zone**. (some shoe shelves should conveniently help store them more or less neatly..)
  
 This leaves some of our fellow hackers a bit puzzled. We can sometimes read on the faces of people looking at our space for the first time that it seems to provoke hesitation, if not reluctance... After all everyone has their own limits, boundaries... and the line of interaction between us and the ground is defeinitely an important one! This leaves some of our fellow hackers a bit puzzled. We can sometimes read on the faces of people looking at our space for the first time that it seems to provoke hesitation, if not reluctance... After all everyone has their own limits, boundaries... and the line of interaction between us and the ground is defeinitely an important one!
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 Well there are multiple reasons: Well there are multiple reasons:
  
-  * The first, obvious one is that it makes things "cleaner"... Even if many people associate the socks (or even bare feet!) with something "unclean" or "smelly", it is in our minds, and in line with the oriental traditions (Shinto, etc.) actually not "dirty" as it is part of us, beautful Humans.. What is clearly dirty is the sole of shoes that were used to walk outside, on sidewalks in toilets, etc. If these were in contact with our fabric and deco materials (cushions, carpets, blankets, etc.) this would undubiously leave much more "dirty" traces than bare feet and socks.+  * The first, obvious one is that it makes things "cleaner"... Even if many people associate the socks (or even bare feet!) with something "unclean" or "smelly", it is in our minds, and in line with the oriental traditions (Shinto, etc.) actually not "dirty" as it is part of us, beautful Humans.. What is clearly dirty is the sole of shoes that were used to walk outside, on sidewalks in toilets, etc. If these were in contact with our fabric and deco materials (cushions, carpets, blankets, etc.) this would undubiously leave much more "dirty" traces than bare feet and socks. Also, our carpets and cushions have been cleaned with love! 
  
   * Also, while shoes are generally rather hard, feet are softer, which makes it more comfortable for everyone when we are sitting in rounds on the floor and cushions, next to each other, around the tea tables... A foot touching a neighbors knee or foot inadvertently is much less unpleasant than a shoe.   * Also, while shoes are generally rather hard, feet are softer, which makes it more comfortable for everyone when we are sitting in rounds on the floor and cushions, next to each other, around the tea tables... A foot touching a neighbors knee or foot inadvertently is much less unpleasant than a shoe.
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