The Character: 志 , is a compound Chinese character.

Meaning:
Kokorozashi. It is commonly translated as: a wish, intention or ambition.
The top character by itself is 土 and means earth or clay. The bottom
character 心, is for heart/mind/spirit. The heart beneath the ground is a
seed, or promise of what might be.
I heard from Shimaoka, that Hamada once said, “You must do
your work with a joyful heart.” So I also read 志 as “The Heart that carries
the Clay.” It is the key for the modern, self-aware studio artist, if they want
to tap into the same source of power as the Unknown Craftsman.
Hamada & his Mingei group knew this intimately, but in English, only
gave us a few hints and glimpses. We were told a little about Jiriki or “self
power”, while more focus was place upon Tiriki or “other power.”
Educated people have always had access to jiriki. It is the approach of
Zen. SoetsuYanagi, as a preserver of folk cuture, focused on the
Unknown's “other power”, tariki. He did much to preserve the past. But
we live in the present and we are educated people. We have to work
within our conditions. We need not turn our backs on our education, but
we should use it, rather than blindly letting it use us.--Lee Love 李 Mashiko