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"A collection of Lou's writing on Tai Chi and conversations with friends, teachers, and fellow practitioners"--Title page
My Tai chi / by Lou Reed -- Foreword / by Laurie Anderson -- Making a book / A. M. Homes -- What is Tai chi?: The Chinese say you meet the hard with the soft, the yin with the yang, the down with the up -- Staring out: Doin' the things that we want to -- Practice: I'm beginning to see the light -- Chen Village: The earth has changed its course -- Ren Guangyi: The power of the heart -- Meditation: Life's like Sanskrit read to a pony -- Tai chi in art: Caught between the twisted stars, the plotted line the faulty map -- Tai chi on tour: Hey man, what's your style? -- Tai chi in public: Just say "go" and that is that, I'm a New York City man -- Mastery: I accept the newfound man, and set the twilight reeling -- Afterword / by Laurie Anderson
"A stunning, richly illustrated book of essential wisdom-covering Tai chi, mindfulness, creativity, and the art of living and dying from rock icon Lou Reed, edited by his wife, the artist Laurie Anderson"--