(That's as good as it gets in my world!)
White Box from makoto yabuki on Vimeo.
The uncarved block in the Daodejing represents the ruler who rules by 'doing nothing', essentially, by letting his ministers do what they do best and not interfering. He is like the empty space in the centre-point of a wheel where the spokes meet, or the uncarved block, which is functionless. Because it is not carved down to meet a specific need, it remains endlessly responsive and necessary to the 'carved vessels' around it.
While being 'nameless' and invisible, the uncarved block rules the kingdom by providing the space for citizens and ministers to do what they are naturally inclined to - all the natural order needs to be harmonious is this space.
Taken out of the political sense, it is the Dao that provides space to beings in letting them be. Given this space, all creatures flourish in their own unique ways by doing what is natural and spontaneous to them (i.e. fish swim, deer run, children play, ...and colours dance! Well, naturally! ;)
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